Re: [PATCH] debugfs: Fix module state check condition

From: Vladis Dronov
Date: Mon Sep 07 2020 - 07:50:56 EST


Hello, Greg,

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Greg KH" <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] debugfs: Fix module state check condition
>
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> > A customer which has reported this issue replied with a test result:
> >
> > > I ran the same test.
> > > Started ib_write_bw traffic and started watch command to read RoCE
> > > stats : watch -d -n 1 "cat /sys/kernel/debug/bnxt_re/bnxt_re0/info".
> > > While the command is running, unloaded roce driver and I did not
> > > observe the call trace that was seen earlier.
>
> Having this info, that this was affecting a user, would have been good
> in the original changelog info, otherwise this just looked like a code
> cleanup patch to me.

Thank you, Greg. Makes sense indeed, I will pay attention to this next time(s).

<rant>oh so many little but important details to know and follow...</rant>

> I'll go queue this up now, thanks.
>
> greg k-h

Best regards,
Vladis Dronov | Red Hat, Inc. | The Core Kernel | Senior Software Engineer