Re: [PATCH net-next] net: ethtool: Monotonically increase the message sequence number

From: Petr Machata
Date: Thu Jul 11 2024 - 10:24:34 EST



Petr Machata <petrm@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Danielle Ratson <danieller@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> Currently, during the module firmware flashing process, unicast
>> notifications are sent from the kernel using the same sequence number,
>> making it impossible for user space to track missed notifications.
>>
>> Monotonically increase the message sequence number, so the order of
>> notifications could be tracked effectively.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Danielle Ratson <danieller@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Applied, thanks.

Oops, never mind, I was talking about our internal queue and the reply
shouldn't have gone public.