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Flows accessing registers require the flow to hold a PTT entry. To protect 'major' load/unload flows a main_ptt is pre-allocated to guarantee such flows wouldn't be blocked by PTT being unavailable. Status block initialization currently uses the main_ptt which is incorrect, as this flow might run concurrently to others [E.g., loading qedr while toggling qede]. That would have dire effects as it means registers' access to device breaks and further read/writes might access incorrect addresses. Instead, when initializing status blocks acquire/release a PTT as part of the flow. Signed-off-by: Yuval Mintz <Yuval.Mintz@cavium.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Linux kernel ============ This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.