netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] ibmvnic: Don't handle RX interrupts when not up.

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Message-Id: <20180111.113321.1407099547558671127.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Thu, 11 Jan 2018 11:33:21 -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 net-next v2] ibmvnic: Don't handle RX interrupts when
 not up.

From: Nathan Fontenot <nfont@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 10:40:09 -0600

> Initiating a kdump via the command line can cause a pending interrupt
> to be handled by the ibmvnic driver when initializing the sub-CRQ
> irqs during driver initialization.
 ...
> At this point the driver is not prepared to handle traffic and
> should not try to handle the interrupt. This patch adds a check to
> ensure the driver is up when handling RX interrupts.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Fontenot <nfont@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

Applied, thanks.