netdev - Re: [PATCH] cxgb4: fix abort_req

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Date:   Mon, 10 Sep 2018 10:16:35 -0500
From:   Steve Wise <swise@...ngridcomputing.com>
To:     Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, dledford@...hat.com, davem@...emloft.net,
        linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cxgb4: fix abort_req_rss6 struct


(sorry for the late reply, I was out all last week)


On 9/5/2018 5:55 PM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 11:52:00AM -0700, Steve Wise wrote:
>> Remove the incorrect WR_HDR field which can cause a misinterpretation
>> of this CPL by ULDs.
> 
> What does that mean?
> 

It means iw_cxgb4 doesn't correctly handle incoming ABORT CPL messages
due to this incorrect struct.


> Is this an -rc patch?
> 

Yes. Since it fixes a3cdaa69e4ae ("cxgb4: Adds CPL support for Shared
Receive Queues") which went into 4.19.

Steve.