ACK: [SRU][F:linux-bluefield][PATCH v2 0/3]: UBUNTU: SAUCE: pwr-mlxbf.c: Improve driver dependencies and fix zero allocating memory size

Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com
Fri Jul 29 14:10:46 UTC 2022


On 7/29/22 07:06, Asmaa Mnebhi wrote:
> Buglink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1980750
> 
> SRU Justification:
> 
> [Impact]
> 
> Improve the driver dependency on the gpio driver. Move that dependency to the probe as instructed by maintainers.
> Flush if there is remaining work while the driver is removed. fix size for zero allocating memory.
> 
> [Fix]
> 
> * Instead of using SOFTDEP, return -EPROBE_DEFER if the gpio-mlxbf2.c driver is not loaded yet.
> * Flush work when driver is removed.
> * fix size for zero allocating memory.
> * Upgrade the driver version to 1.1 due to all above changes
> 
> [Test Case]
> 
> * Test case only valid on Board with BMC on it:
> * Make sure driver is loaded and no errors in dmesg.
> * issue a power reset from the BMC via IPMI.
> 
> [Regression Potential]
> 
> Any of the test cases above could be impacted due to these changes.
> 
Acked-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner at canonical.com>

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Tim Gardner
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