Re: [PATCH] mlx4: Fix tx ring affinity_mask creation

From: Or Gerlitz
Date: Tue Apr 28 2015 - 14:24:09 EST


On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 7:27 PM, Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> By default, the number of tx queues is limited by the number of online cpus in
> mlx4_en_get_profile(). However, this limit no longer holds after the ethtool
> .set_channels method has been called. In that situation, the driver may access
> invalid bits of certain cpumask variables when queue_index > nr_cpu_ids.
>

Hi Benjamin,

Can this fix be related to a specific commit? if yes, would be good if
you can add here a Fixes: line so it would be easier to spot down to
which stable kernels the fix should go.

Or.

> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@xxxxxxx>
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