netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] ibmvnic: Split counters for scrq/pools/napi

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Date:   Thu, 22 Feb 2018 15:04:00 -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] ibmvnic: Split counters for scrq/pools/napi

From: Nathan Fontenot <nfont@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2018 21:33:56 -0600

> The approach of one counter to rule them all when tracking the number
> of active sub-crqs, pools, and napi has problems handling some failover
> scenarios. This is due to the split in initializing the sub crqs,
> pools and napi in different places and the placement of updating
> the active counts.
> 
> This patch simplifies this by having a counter for tx and rx
> sub-crqs, pools, and napi.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Fontenot <nfont@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

Applied, thanks Nathan.