[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net 1/2] i40e: Fix comment about locking for __i40e_read_nvm_word()

Bowers, AndrewX andrewx.bowers at intel.com
Mon Sep 11 18:42:46 UTC 2017


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan [mailto:intel-wired-lan-bounces at osuosl.org] On
> Behalf Of Stefano Brivio
> Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 1:12 AM
> To: Kirsher, Jeffrey T <jeffrey.t.kirsher at intel.com>;
> netdev at vger.kernel.org; intel-wired-lan at lists.osuosl.org
> Cc: David S . Miller <davem at davemloft.net>
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net 1/2] i40e: Fix comment about locking
> for __i40e_read_nvm_word()
> 
> Caller needs to acquire the lock. Called functions will not.
> 
> Fixes: 09f79fd49d94 ("i40e: avoid NVM acquire deadlock during NVM
> update")
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio at redhat.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_nvm.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

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




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