netdev - Re: [PATCH] ibmvnic: Initialize completion variables before starting work

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Message-Id: <20170211.212436.1146139307102503062.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Sat, 11 Feb 2017 21:24:36 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     nfont@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jallen@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        tlfalcon@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ibmvnic: Initialize completion variables before
 starting work

From: Nathan Fontenot <nfont@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 13:45:05 -0500

> Initialize condition variables prior to invoking any work that can
> mark them complete. This resolves a race in the ibmvnic driver where
> the driver faults trying to complete an uninitialized condition
> variable.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Fontenot <nfont@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

Applied.