netdev - Re: [PATCH net] ravb: Fix int mask value overwritten issue

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Date:	Fri, 13 Nov 2015 11:45:28 +0100
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Yoshihiro Kaneko <ykaneko0929@...il.com>
Cc:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>,
	Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@...il.com>,
	Linux-sh list <linux-sh@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ravb: Fix int mask value overwritten issue

Hi Kaneko-san,

On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 11:24 AM, Yoshihiro Kaneko
<ykaneko0929@...il.com> wrote:
> From: Masaru Nagai <masaru.nagai.vx@...esas.com>
>
> When RX/TX interrupt for Network Control queue and Best Effort queue
> is issued at the same time, the interrupt mask of Network Control
> queue will be reset when the mask of Best Effort queue is set.

Nice catch!

At first I was a bit puzzled why this would make a difference, but
the key is "will be reset in the next iteration of the for loop", which
falls outside of the visible context.

> This patch fixes this problem.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masaru Nagai <masaru.nagai.vx@...esas.com>
> Signed-off-by: Yoshihiro Kaneko <ykaneko0929@...il.com>

Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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