netdev - Re: [PATCH net] ibmvnic: Initialize SCRQ's during login renegotiation

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Message-Id: <20170802.104806.1181269709342018784.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Wed, 02 Aug 2017 10:48:06 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     tlfalcon@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ibmvnic: Initialize SCRQ's during login
 renegotiation

From: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date: Tue,  1 Aug 2017 15:04:36 -0500

> SCRQ resources are freed during renegotiation, but they are not
> re-allocated afterwards due to some changes in the initialization
> process. Fix that by re-allocating the memory after renegotation.
> 
> SCRQ's can also be freed if a server capabilities request fails.
> If this were encountered during a device reset for example,
> SCRQ's may not be re-allocated. This operation is not necessary
> anymore so remove it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

Applied, thank you.