netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/4] Bug fixes to amd-xgbe driver

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Fri, 12 Feb 2021 10:57:30 -0800
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Shyam Sundar S K <Shyam-sundar.S-k@....com>,
        Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Sudheesh.Mavila@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] Bug fixes to amd-xgbe driver



On 2/12/2021 10:00 AM, Shyam Sundar S K wrote:
> General fixes on amd-xgbe driver are addressed in this series, mostly
> on the mailbox communication failures and improving the link stability
> of the amd-xgbe device.
> 
> Shyam Sundar S K (4):
>   amd-xgbe: Reset the PHY rx data path when mailbox command timeout
>   amd-xgbe: Fix NETDEV WATCHDOG transmit queue timeout warning
>   amd-xgbe: Reset link when the link never comes back
>   amd-xgbe: Fix network fluctuations when using 1G BELFUSE SFP

If these are all bugfixes there would be an expectation that you provide
appropriate Fixes: tag in your commit messages to designate which commit
introduced the problem, you may also want to make it clear in the patch
subject that this is intended for the "net" tree which collects bug
fixes, see:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst#n28

> 
>  drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-common.h | 13 +++++++
>  drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-drv.c    |  1 +
>  drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-mdio.c   |  3 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-phy-v2.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++-
>  4 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 

-- 
Florian