netdev - Re: [PATCH V2 net-next] liquidio: fix ndo_change_mtu to always return correct status to the caller

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Message-Id: <20180312.110105.1899349673935917534.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Mon, 12 Mar 2018 11:01:05 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     felix.manlunas@...ium.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, raghu.vatsavayi@...ium.com,
        derek.chickles@...ium.com, satananda.burla@...ium.com,
        veerasenareddy.burru@...ium.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 net-next] liquidio: fix ndo_change_mtu to always
 return correct status to the caller

From: Felix Manlunas <felix.manlunas@...ium.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2018 00:17:35 -0800

> From: Veerasenareddy Burru <veerasenareddy.burru@...ium.com>
> 
> In a scenario where the command queued to firmware get dropped or times
> out, MTU change from host will not propagate to firmware. So, it is
> required for host driver to wait for response from firmware or timeout
> and then return correct status to caller of ndo_change_mtu.
> 
> Also moved the common code for MTU change from PF and VF driver files to
> common file lio_core.c
> 
> Signed-off-by: Veerasenareddy Burru <veerasenareddy.burru@...ium.com>
> Signed-off-by: Felix Manlunas <felix.manlunas@...ium.com>
> ---
> Patch Change Log:
>   V1 -> V2:
>     Remove unnecessary log message "MTU changed from %d to %d\n" as
>     suggested by David Miller

Applied, thank you.