netdev - Re: [net] i40e: Change some init flow for the client

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Date:   Wed, 24 Aug 2016 17:53:48 -0700
From:   Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:     davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     Anjali Singhai Jain <anjali.singhai@...el.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, nhorman@...hat.com, sassmann@...hat.com,
        jogreene@...hat.com, guru.anbalagane@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [net] i40e: Change some init flow for the client

On Wed, 2016-08-24 at 17:51 -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> From: Anjali Singhai Jain <anjali.singhai@...el.com>
> 
> This change makes a common flow for Client instance open during init
> and reset path. The Client subtask can handle both the cases instead of
> making a separate notify_client_of_open call.
> Also it may fix a bug during reset where the service task was leaking
> some memory and causing issues.
> 
> Change-Id: I7232a32fd52b82e863abb54266fa83122f80a0cd
> Signed-off-by: Anjali Singhai Jain <anjali.singhai@...el.com>
> Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_client.c | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++-
> ------
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c   |  1 -
>  2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

While the original patch description did not call this out clearly, this
patch fixes an issue with the RDMA/iWARP driver i40iw, which would randomly
crash or hang without these changes.
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