netdev - Re: [PATCH net] ibmvnic: Clean actual number of RX or TX pools

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Message-Id: <20180422.211341.912127868555832199.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Sun, 22 Apr 2018 21:13:41 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     tlfalcon@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, nfont@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        jallen@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ibmvnic: Clean actual number of RX or TX pools

From: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2018 14:25:32 -0500

> Avoid using value stored in the login response buffer when
> cleaning TX and RX buffer pools since these could be inconsistent
> depending on the device state. Instead use the field in the driver's
> private data that tracks the number of active pools.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

Applied.