From: Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 23:22:41 -0700
> This series tackles the bug I've already tried to fix in commit
> 6d48ceb27af1 ("nfp: allocate a private workqueue for driver work").
> I created a separate workqueue to avoid possible deadlock, and
> the lockdep error disappeared, coincidentally. The way workqueues
> are operating, separate workqueue doesn't necessarily mean separate
> thread of execution. Luckily we can safely forego the lock.
>
> Second fix changes the order in which vNIC netdevs and representors
> are created/destroyed. The fix is kept small and should be sufficient
> for net because of how flower uses representors, a more thorough fix
> will be targeted at net-next.
>
> Third fix avoids leaking mapped frame buffers if FW sent a frame with
> unknown portid.
Series applied, thanks.
