netdev - Re: [PATCH net] enic: increment devcmd2 result ring in case of timeout

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Date:	Tue, 09 Feb 2016 05:02:04 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	gvaradar@...co.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, ssujith@...co.com, benve@...co.com,
	sanpilla@...co.com, _govind@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] enic: increment devcmd2 result ring in case of
 timeout

From: Govindarajulu Varadarajan <gvaradar@...co.com>
Date: Wed,  3 Feb 2016 14:40:44 +0530

> From: Sandeep Pillai <sanpilla@...co.com>
> 
> Firmware posts the devcmd result in result ring. In case of timeout, driver
> does not increment the current result pointer and firmware could post the
> result after timeout has occurred. During next devcmd, driver would be
> reading the result of previous devcmd.
> 
> Fix this by incrementing result even in case of timeout.
> 
> Fixes: 373fb0873d43 ("enic: add devcmd2")
> Signed-off-by: Sandeep Pillai <sanpilla@...co.com>
> Signed-off-by: Govindarajulu Varadarajan <_govind@....com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.