[Intel-wired-lan] [net-next 17/25] fm10k: comment next_vf_mbx flow

Singh, Krishneil K krishneil.k.singh at intel.com
Tue Apr 14 19:49:59 UTC 2015



-----Original Message-----
From: Kirsher, Jeffrey T 
Sent: Friday, April 3, 2015 2:05 PM
To: intel-wired-lan at lists.osuosl.org
Cc: Keller, Jacob E; Singh, Krishneil K
Subject: Re: [net-next 17/25] fm10k: comment next_vf_mbx flow

On Fri, 2015-04-03 at 13:27 -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> Add a header comment explaining why we have the somewhat crazy mailbox 
> flow. This flow is necessary as it prevents the PF<->SM mailbox from 
> being flooded by the VF messages, which normally trigger a message to 
> the PF. This helps prevent the case where we see a PF mailbox timeout.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher at intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller at intel.com>
> Acked-by: Matthew Vick <matthew.vick at intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_iov.c | 11 +++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

I have applied to my queue.
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jkirsher/next-queue.git
dev-queue

Tested-by: Krishneil Singh <krishneil.k.singh at intel.com>




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