netdev - Re: [PATCH net-internal v2 0/8] ibmvnic: Fix a race in ibmvnic

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Date:   Thu, 24 Feb 2022 20:17:45 -0800
From:   Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Brian King <brking@...ux.ibm.com>, Dany Madden <drt@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Rick Lindsley <ricklind@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-internal v2 0/8] ibmvnic: Fix a race in
 ibmvnic_probe()

Sukadev Bhattiprolu [sukadev@...ux.ibm.com] wrote:
> If we get a transport (reset) event right after a successful CRQ_INIT
> during ibmvnic_probe() but before we set the adapter state to VNIC_PROBED,
> we will throw away the reset assuming that the adapter is still in the
> probing state. But since the adapter has completed the CRQ_INIT any
> subsequent CRQs the we send will be ignored by the vnicserver until
> we release/init the CRQ again. This can leave the adapter unconfigured.
> 
> While here fix a couple of other bugs that were observed (Patches 1,2,4).

Sorry for the noise. Subject line needs a fixup. Please ignore this thread.
Will resend.

Sukadev