netdev - Re: [PATCH net-internal v2 2/8] ibmvnic: initialize rc before completing wait

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Date:   Thu, 24 Feb 2022 21:15:56 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, Brian King <brking@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Dany Madden <drt@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Rick Lindsley <ricklind@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-internal v2 2/8] ibmvnic: initialize rc before
 completing wait

On Thu, 24 Feb 2022 20:09:35 -0800 Sukadev Bhattiprolu wrote:
> We should initialize ->init_done_rc before calling complete(). Otherwise
> the waiting thread may see ->init_done_rc as 0 before we have updated it
> and may assume that the CRQ was successful.
> 
> Fixes: 6b278c0cb378 ("ibmvnic delay complete()")

As you resend please fix to:

Fixes: 6b278c0cb378 ("ibmvnic: delay complete()")

There's a : missing.

Also in patch three make reinit_init_done() non-inline to keep with 
the netdev recommendations.