netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net 0/4] net/ncsi: More bug fixes

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Date:   Thu, 20 Oct 2016 11:23:25 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     gwshan@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, joel@....id.au
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net 0/4] net/ncsi: More bug fixes

From: Gavin Shan <gwshan@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2016 11:45:48 +1100

> This series fixes 2 issues that were found during NCSI's availability
> testing on BCM5718 and improves HNCDSC AEN handler:
> 
>    * PATCH[1] refactors the code so that minimal code change is put
>      to PATCH[2].
>    * PATCH[2] fixes the NCSI channel's stale link state before doing
>      failover.
>    * PATCH[3] chooses the hot channel, which was ever chosen as active
>      channel, when the available channels are all in link-down state.
>    * PATCH[4] improves Host Network Controller Driver Status Change
>      (HNCDSC) AEN handler
> 
> Changelog
> =========
> v2:
>    * Merged PATCH[v1 1/2] to PATCH[v2 1].
>    * Avoid if/else statements in ncsi_suspend_channel() as Joel suggested.
>    * Added comments to explain why we need retrieve last link states in
>      ncsi_suspend_channel().

Series applied, thanks.