From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C444C282C4 for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2019 19:06:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1060121905 for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2019 19:06:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1730930AbfBLTGf (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2019 14:06:35 -0500 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.9]:56572 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727977AbfBLTGf (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2019 14:06:35 -0500 Received: from localhost (96-89-128-221-static.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [96.89.128.221]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: davem-davemloft) by shards.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A275F14C5A2CC; Tue, 12 Feb 2019 11:06:33 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 11:06:32 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <20190212.110632.499796234007955726.davem@davemloft.net> To: akiyano@amazon.com Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, dwmw@amazon.com, zorik@amazon.com, matua@amazon.com, saeedb@amazon.com, msw@amazon.com, aliguori@amazon.com, nafea@amazon.com, gtzalik@amazon.com, netanel@amazon.com, alisaidi@amazon.com Subject: Re: [PATCH V1 net 0/2] net: ena: race condition bug fix and version update From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <1549905464-13758-1-git-send-email-akiyano@amazon.com> References: <1549905464-13758-1-git-send-email-akiyano@amazon.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.8 on Emacs 26.1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Tue, 12 Feb 2019 11:06:34 -0800 (PST) Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org From: Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 19:17:42 +0200 > From: Arthur Kiyanovski > > This patchset includes a fix to a race condition that can cause > kernel panic, as well as a driver version update because of this > fix. Series applied and patch #1 queued up for -stable. But I want to reiterate what Andrew said, the version is so increibly useless and stupid. I'm going to submit the fix to -stable, and then people will then doubly and triply have no relationship between driver version number and what fixes exist.