Re: [PATCH net-next] cxgb4vf: Synchronize access to mailbox

2016-06-25 Thread David Miller
From: Hariprasad Shenai Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2016 09:39:29 +0530 > The issue comes when there are multiple threads attempting to use the > mailbox facility at the same time. The issue is the for the Virtual > Function Driver, the only way to get the Virtual Interface

[PATCH net-next] cxgb4vf: Synchronize access to mailbox

2016-06-21 Thread Hariprasad Shenai
The issue comes when there are multiple threads attempting to use the mailbox facility at the same time. The issue is the for the Virtual Function Driver, the only way to get the Virtual Interface statistics is to issue mailbox commands to ask the firmware for the VI Stats. And, because the VI