Messages in this thread | | | From | "Kalluru, Sudarsana" <> | Subject | RE: fix for bnx2x panic during ethtool reporting | Date | Tue, 24 Apr 2018 11:23:12 +0000 |
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-----Original Message----- From: Florian Fainelli [mailto:f.fainelli@gmail.com] Sent: 18 April 2018 05:12 To: Sebastian Kuzminsky <seb.kuzminsky@gmail.com>; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; netdev@vger.kernel.org; Elior, Ariel <Ariel.Elior@cavium.com>; Dept-Eng Everest Linux L2 <Dept-EngEverestLinuxL2@cavium.com> Subject: Re: fix for bnx2x panic during ethtool reporting
+netdev, Ariel,
On 04/17/2018 10:21 AM, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > "ethtool -i" on a bnx2x interface causes kernel panic when the > firmware version is longer than expected. The attached patch fixes > the problem by simplifying the string handling in bnx2x_fill_fw_str(). > It applies cleanly to 4.14 and 4.17-rc1.
If you want to have a chance of getting your patch included, your should make sure you copy the driver maintainers and the network mailinglist, doing that. -- Florian
Acked-by: Sudarsana Kalluru <Sudarsana.Kalluru@cavium.com>
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