netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/1] mvpp2: remove module bugfix

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Date:   Mon, 15 Jun 2020 00:17:51 +0000
From:   Matteo Croce <technoboy85@...il.com>
To:     Sven Auhagen <sven.auhagen@...eatech.de>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, antoine.tenart@...tlin.com,
        gregory.clement@...tlin.com, maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com,
        thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com, miquel.raynal@...tlin.com,
        Marcin Wojtas <mw@...ihalf.com>, lorenzo@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] mvpp2: remove module bugfix

On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 7:20 AM Sven Auhagen <sven.auhagen@...eatech.de> wrote:
>
> The remove function does not destroy all
> BM Pools when per cpu pool is active.
>
> When reloading the mvpp2 as a module the BM Pools
> are still active in hardware and due to the bug
> have twice the size now old + new.
>
> This eventually leads to a kernel crash.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sven Auhagen <sven.auhagen@...eatech.de>

Hi Sven,

Nice fix, if you think that I introduced it in
7d04b0b13b1175ce0c4bdc77f1278c1f120f874f,
please add a Fixes tag.

-- 
Matteo Croce

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