From: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicin...@netronome.com> Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2017 14:45:00 -0800
> Dirk says: > > This series adds the ability to update the control FW with ethtool. > > It should be noted that the locking scheme here is to release the RTNL > lock before the flashing operation and to take it again afterwards to > ensure consistent state from the core code point of view. In this time, > we take a reference to the device to prevent the device being freed > while its being flashed. > > This provides protection for the device being flashed while at the same > time not holding up any networking related functions which would > otherwise be locked out due to RTNL being held. Series applied, thanks.
