netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 0/3] qed*: Error recovery process

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Date:   Mon, 28 Jan 2019 10:58:56 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     michal.kalderon@...ium.com
Cc:     ariel.elior@...ium.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        natechancellor@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 0/3] qed*: Error recovery process

From: Michal Kalderon <michal.kalderon@...ium.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 19:27:53 +0200

> Parity errors might happen in the device's memories due to momentary bit
> flips which are caused by radiation.
> Errors that are not correctable initiate a process kill event, which blocks
> the device access towards the host and the network, and a recovery process
> is started in the management FW and in the driver.
> 
> This series adds the support of this process in the qed core module and in
> the qede driver (patches 2 & 3).
> Patch 1 in the series revises the load sequence, to avoid PCI errors that
> might be observed during a recovery process.
> 
> Changes in v2:
> 	- Addressed issue found in https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/1030545/
> 	  The change was done be removing the enum and passing a boolean to
> 	  the related functions.

Series applied to net-next, thanks.