[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH V2] ixgbe: Save VF info and take references

[Schmitt, Phillip J]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan [mailto:intel-wired-lan-bounces at lists.osuosl.org] On
> Behalf Of Mark D Rustad
> Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015 3:30 PM
> To: intel-wired-lan at lists.osuosl.org
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH V2] ixgbe: Save VF info and take references
> 
> Save VF device pointers and take references to speed accesses used to monitor
> the device behavior to avoid slot resets. The saved information avoids lock
> contention during the search used to access each of the VFs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mark Rustad <mark.d.rustad at intel.com>
> ---
> Changes in V2:
> - Added check for a status register of 0xffff as suggested by Don Dutile
>   at RedHat.
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h       |    1
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c  |   31 +++++----------
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.c |   50
> +++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  3 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
> 

Tested-by: Phil Schmitt <phillip.j.schmitt at intel.com>