netdev - RE: [EXT] Re: [PATCH net 1/1] qed: Populate nvm-file attributes while reading nvm config partition.

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Date:   Fri, 3 Jul 2020 00:58:31 +0000
From:   Sudarsana Reddy Kalluru <skalluru@...vell.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
CC:     "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ariel Elior <aelior@...vell.com>,
        Igor Russkikh <irusskikh@...vell.com>,
        Michal Kalderon <mkalderon@...vell.com>
Subject: RE: [EXT] Re: [PATCH net 1/1] qed: Populate nvm-file attributes while
 reading nvm config partition.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 2, 2020 10:10 PM
> To: Sudarsana Reddy Kalluru <skalluru@...vell.com>
> Cc: davem@...emloft.net; netdev@...r.kernel.org; Ariel Elior
> <aelior@...vell.com>; Igor Russkikh <irusskikh@...vell.com>; Michal
> Kalderon <mkalderon@...vell.com>
> Subject: [EXT] Re: [PATCH net 1/1] qed: Populate nvm-file attributes while
> reading nvm config partition.
> 
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> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> On Thu, 2 Jul 2020 20:14:35 +0530 Sudarsana Reddy Kalluru wrote:
> > NVM config file address will be modified when the MBI image is upgraded.
> > Driver would return stale config values if user reads the nvm-config
> > (via ethtool -d) in this state. The fix is to re-populate nvm
> > attribute info while reading the nvm config values/partition.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Sudarsana Reddy Kalluru <skalluru@...vell.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Igor Russkikh <irusskikh@...vell.com>
> 
> Could you provide a Fixes tag?

Thanks for your review. Will add the fixes tag.