Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] bnx2: Wait for in-flight DMA to complete at probe stage

From: Baoquan He
Date: Mon Nov 14 2016 - 04:11:51 EST


On 11/14/16 at 09:25am, Paul Menzel wrote:
> Dear Baoquan,
>
> On 11/13/16 06:01, Baoquan He wrote:
> > This is v2 post.
> >
> > In commit 3e1be7a ("bnx2: Reset device during driver initialization"),
> > firmware requesting code was moved from open stage to probe stage.
> > The reason is in kdump kernel hardware iommu need device be reset in
> > driver probe stage, otherwise those in-flight DMA from 1st kernel
> > will continue going and look up into the newly created io-page tables.
> > However bnx2 chip resetting involves firmware requesting issue, that
> > need be done in open stage.
> >
> > Michale Chan suggested we can just wait for the old in-flight DMA to
> > complete at probe stage, then though without device resetting, we
> > don't need to worry the old in-flight DMA could continue looking up
> > the newly created io-page tables.
> >
> > v1->v2:
> > Michael suggested to wait for the in-flight DMA to complete at probe
> > stage. So give up the old method of trying to reset chip at probe
> > stage, take the new way accordingly.
>
> thank you for posting the updated series. Could you please resend a v3 with
> stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx added [1]?

I can add it like:
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 4.8.7

Only v4.8.7, right?

Thanks
Baoquan