netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] net/ibmvnic: serialization fixes

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Date:   Tue, 17 Sep 2019 18:19:02 -0500
From:   Juliet Kim <julietk@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     tlfalcon@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] net/ibmvnic: serialization fixes

I sent v3.  Please disregard v2.

On 9/17/19 9:52 AM, Juliet Kim wrote:
> This series includes two fixes. The first improves reset code to allow 
> linkwatch_event to proceed during reset. The second ensures that no more
> than one thread runs in reset at a time. 
>
> v2: 
> - Separate change param reset from do_reset()
> - Return IBMVNIC_OPEN_FAILED if __ibmvnic_open fails 
> - Remove setting wait_for_reset to false from __ibmvnic_reset(), this 
>   is done in wait_for_reset()
> - Move the check for force_reset_recovery from patch 1 to patch 2
>
> Juliet Kim (2):
>   net/ibmvnic: unlock rtnl_lock in reset so linkwatch_event can run
>   net/ibmvnic: prevent more than one thread from running in reset
>
>  drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c | 244 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
>  drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.h |   4 +
>  2 files changed, 180 insertions(+), 68 deletions(-)
>