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Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2023 22:50:48 +0000
From: Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>
To: Souradeep Chakrabarti <schakrabarti@...ux.microsoft.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH V6 net] net: mana: Fix MANA VF unload when hardware is

On Wed, Jul 26, 2023 at 06:15:36AM -0700, Souradeep Chakrabarti wrote:
> When unloading the MANA driver, mana_dealloc_queues() waits for the MANA
> hardware to complete any inflight packets and set the pending send count
> to zero. But if the hardware has failed, mana_dealloc_queues()
> could wait forever.
> 
> Fix this by adding a timeout to the wait. Set the timeout to 120 seconds,
> which is a somewhat arbitrary value that is more than long enough for
> functional hardware to complete any sends.
> 
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Fixes: ca9c54d2d6a5 ("net: mana: Add a driver for Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA)")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Souradeep Chakrabarti <schakrabarti@...ux.microsoft.com>

Hi Souradeep. The subject line of this patch seems to be cut off half
way.

Thanks,
Wei.