netdev - Re: [PATCH] fjes: Handle workqueue allocation failure

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Date:   Tue, 29 Oct 2019 10:42:12 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     will@...nel.org
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        nico@...mle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fjes: Handle workqueue allocation failure

From: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 12:06:02 +0100

> In the highly unlikely event that we fail to allocate either of the
> "/txrx" or "/control" workqueues, we should bail cleanly rather than
> blindly march on with NULL queue pointer(s) installed in the
> 'fjes_adapter' instance.
> 
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
> Reported-by: Nicolas Waisman <nico@...mle.com>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CADJ_3a8WFrs5NouXNqS5WYe7rebFP+_A5CheeqAyD_p7DFJJcg@mail.gmail.com/
> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>

Applied, thanks Will.