Re: [PATCH net 1/2] vmxnet3: set the DMA mask before the first DMA map operation

From: David Miller
Date: Mon May 14 2018 - 22:44:41 EST

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From: <hpreg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 14 May 2018 08:28:26 -0400

> The DMA mask must be set before, not after, the first DMA map operation, or
> the first DMA map operation could in theory fail on some systems.
>
> Fixes: b0eb57cb97e78 ("VMXNET3: Add support for virtual IOMMU")
> Signed-off-by: Regis Duchesne <hpreg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Ronak Doshi <doshir@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied and queued up for -stable.

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