netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net/mlx4_core: Limit count field to 24 bits in qp_alloc

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Message-Id: <20141126.120518.132374532785732093.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 26 Nov 2014 12:05:18 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ogerlitz@...lanox.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, matanb@...lanox.com, amirv@...lanox.com,
	jackm@....mellanox.co.il
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net/mlx4_core: Limit count field to 24 bits in
 qp_alloc_res

From: Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 16:20:13 +0200

> Currently, the upstream PF driver is wrongly NOT masking out these
> eight bits and as such, some VF drivers which are already setting
> them for optimized allocation are failing to allocate QPs as the
> count seen by the PF becomes way too large.  The optimization is
> best effort anyway, and hence we can safely ignore their request.

Ok, thanks for explaining.

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.
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