[dpdk-stable] [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/6] net/hns3: fix VF configuration table entries restore failure

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 11/22/2019 12:06 PM, Wei Hu (Xavier) wrote:
> From: "Wei Hu (Xavier)" <xavier_huwei at 163.com>
> 
> When the application using VF device exits abnormally, for example,
> when it is killed by 'kill -9', kernel PF netdev driver also stores
> the corresponding configuration table entries of VF device.
> 
> This patch fixes it by adding message of deleting VF configuration
> table entry corresponds to the revision of kernel hns3 netdev
> driver, the new message is added to notify the kernel PF netdev
> driver to clean up the VF configuration initialization during VF
> initialization.
> 
> This revision is compatible with the old version of kernel hns3
> netdev driver. The old version of kernel pf netdev driver will
> ignore this message.
> 
> Fixes: a5475d61fa34 ("net/hns3: support VF")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hongbo Zheng <zhenghongbo3 at huawei.com>
> Signed-off-by: Wei Hu (Xavier) <xavier_huwei at 163.com>

Hi Xavier,

We are trying the use unique identifier for same person as much as possible,
Above seems your personal email, I will update all occurrences as following, as
how git history knows you:
Wei Hu (Xavier) <xavier.huwei at huawei.com>

Please let us know if there is an objection/concern on this changes.