[Intel-wired-lan] [next S66 v2 03/11] i40e: Decrease the scope of rtnl lock

[Bowers, AndrewX]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan [mailto:intel-wired-lan-bounces at lists.osuosl.org] On
> Behalf Of Alice Michael
> Sent: Wednesday, April 5, 2017 4:51 AM
> To: Michael, Alice <alice.michael at intel.com>; intel-wired-
> lan at lists.osuosl.org
> Cc: Maciej Sosin <maciej.sosin at intel.com>
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [next S66 v2 03/11] i40e: Decrease the scope of rtnl
> lock
> 
> From: Maciej Sosin <maciej.sosin at intel.com>
> 
> Previously rtnl lock was held during whole reset procedure that was stoping
> other PFs running their reset procedures. In the result reset was not handled
> properly and host reset was the only way to recover.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Maciej Sosin <maciej.sosin at intel.com>
> Change-ID: I23c0771c0303caaa7bd64badbf0c667e25142954
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h         |   2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c |   6 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c    | 138 +++++++++++++++++--
> ------
>  3 files changed, 101 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)

Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers at intel.com>