netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 7/7] net/rds: Initialize ic->i_fastreg

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Date:   Mon, 1 Jul 2019 13:15:57 -0700
From:   santosh.shilimkar@...cle.com
To:     Gerd Rausch <gerd.rausch@...cle.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 7/7] net/rds: Initialize ic->i_fastreg_wrs upon
 allocation

On 7/1/19 9:40 AM, Gerd Rausch wrote:
> Otherwise, if an IB connection is torn down before "rds_ib_setup_qp"
> is called, the value of "ic->i_fastreg_wrs" is still at zero
> (as it wasn't initialized by "rds_ib_setup_qp").
> Consequently "rds_ib_conn_path_shutdown" will spin forever,
> waiting for it to go back to "RDS_IB_DEFAULT_FR_WR",
> which of course will never happen as there are no
> outstanding work requests.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gerd Rausch <gerd.rausch@...cle.com>
> ---
Looks good to me. Will add this to other fixes.