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Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 11:09:38 -0700 From: Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com> To: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org> Cc: jeyu@...nel.org, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, dchickles@...vell.com, sburla@...vell.com, fmanlunas@...vell.com, aelior@...vell.com, GR-everest-linux-l2@...vell.com, kvalo@...eaurora.org, johannes@...solutions.net, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, rostedt@...dmis.org, mingo@...hat.com, aquini@...hat.com, cai@....pw, dyoung@...hat.com, Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>, peterz@...radead.org, tglx@...utronix.de, gpiccoli@...onical.com, pmladek@...e.com, tiwai@...e.de, schlad@...e.de, andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com, derosier@...il.com, keescook@...omium.org, daniel.vetter@...ll.ch, will@...nel.org, mchehab+samsung@...nel.org, vkoul@...nel.org, mchehab+huawei@...nel.org, robh@...nel.org, mhiramat@...nel.org, sfr@...b.auug.org.au, linux@...inikbrodowski.net, glider@...gle.com, paulmck@...nel.org, elver@...gle.com, bauerman@...ux.ibm.com, yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com, samitolvanen@...gle.com, yzaikin@...gle.com, dvyukov@...gle.com, rdunlap@...radead.org, corbet@....net, dianders@...omium.org, Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, Vasundhara Volam <vasundhara-v.volam@...adcom.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 6/8] bnxt_en: use new taint_firmware_crashed() On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 7:58 AM Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org> wrote: > > From: Vasundhara Volam <vasundhara-v.volam@...adcom.com> > > This makes use of the new module_firmware_crashed() to help > annotate when firmware for device drivers crash. When firmware > crashes devices can sometimes become unresponsive, and recovery > sometimes requires a driver unload / reload and in the worst cases > a reboot. > > Using a taint flag allows us to annotate when this happens clearly. > > Cc: Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com> > Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org> > Acked-by: Rafael Aquini <aquini@...hat.com> > Signed-off-by: Vasundhara Volam <vasundhara-v.volam@...adcom.com> > Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org> Reviewed-by: Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>
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