netdev - [PATCH net v2 0/2] ibmvnic: Bug fixes for queue descriptor processing

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Date:   Mon, 30 Nov 2020 13:07:22 -0600
From:   Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     mpe@...erman.id.au
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        cforno12@...ux.ibm.com, ljp@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        ricklind@...ux.ibm.com, dnbanerg@...ibm.com,
        drt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, brking@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        sukadev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, tlfalcon@...ux.ibm.com
Subject: [PATCH net v2 0/2] ibmvnic: Bug fixes for queue descriptor processing

This series resolves a few issues in the ibmvnic driver's
RX buffer and TX completion processing. The first patch
includes memory barriers to synchronize queue descriptor
reads. The second patch fixes a memory leak that could
occur if the device returns a TX completion with an error
code in the descriptor, in which case the respective socket
buffer and other relevant data structures may not be freed
or updated properly.

v2: Provide more detailed comments explaining specifically what
    reads are being ordered, suggested by Michael Ellerman

Thomas Falcon (2):
  ibmvnic: Ensure that SCRQ entry reads are correctly ordered
  ibmvnic: Fix TX completion error handling

 drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c | 22 +++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

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