netdev - RE: [PATCH net-next 3/5] dpaa2-eth: fix condition for number of buffer acquire retries

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Message-ID: <VI1PR0402MB3871EBD708F02A971E79526FE0920@VI1PR0402MB3871.eurprd04.prod.outlook.com>
Date:   Thu, 25 Jun 2020 05:10:17 +0000
From:   Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@....com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
CC:     "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next 3/5] dpaa2-eth: fix condition for number of
 buffer acquire retries

> Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 3/5] dpaa2-eth: fix condition for number of buffer
> acquire retries
> 
> On Wed, 24 Jun 2020 14:34:19 +0300 Ioana Ciornei wrote:
> > We should keep retrying to acquire buffers through the software
> > portals as long as the function returns -EBUSY and the number of
> > retries is __below__ DPAA2_ETH_SWP_BUSY_RETRIES.
> >
> > Fixes: ef17bd7cc0c8 ("dpaa2-eth: Avoid unbounded while loops")
> > Signed-off-by: Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@....com>
> 
> Looks like this should be targeting net?

It can go into net but it can also be merged through net-next since the
bug was caught by a static analysis tool, not really seen in
practice just yet.