netdev - Re: [PATCH net] ibmvnic: Fix completion structure initialization

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Date:   Thu, 04 Apr 2019 18:36:48 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     tlfalcon@...ux.ibm.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ibmvnic: Fix completion structure initialization

From: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@...ux.ibm.com>
Date: Thu,  4 Apr 2019 18:58:26 -0500

> Fix device initialization completion handling for vNIC adapters.
> Initialize the completion structure on probe and reinitialize when needed.
> This also fixes a race condition during kdump where the driver can attempt
> to access the completion struct before it is initialized:
 ...
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@...ux.ibm.com>

Applied, thanks Thomas.