netdev - Re: [PATCH] ibmvnic: Continue with reset if set link down failed

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Message-ID: <6db4a1bd-adbe-52d3-6fa2-be71be12eb7b@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:   Mon, 5 Apr 2021 22:10:00 -0700
From:   Rick Lindsley <ricklind@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Dany Madden <drt@...ux.ibm.com>, davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, sukadev@...ux.ibm.com, ljp@...ux.ibm.com,
        ricklind@...ux.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ibmvnic: Continue with reset if set link down failed

On 4/5/21 8:47 PM, Dany Madden wrote:
> When an adapter is going thru a reset, it maybe in an unstable state that
> makes a request to set link down fail. In such a case, the adapter needs
> to continue on with reset to bring itself back to a stable state.
> 
> Fixes: ed651a10875f ("ibmvnic: Updated reset handling")
> Signed-off-by: Dany Madden <drt@...ux.ibm.com>

Reviewed-by: Rick Lindsley <ricklind@...ux.ibm.com>