This patch fixes a regression that was introduced by commit 0a5f38467765ee15478db90d81e40c269c8dda20 davinci_emac: Add Carrier Link OK check in Davinci RX Handler
Said commit adds a check whether the carrier link is ok. If the link is not ok, the skb is freed and no new dma descriptor added to the rx dma channel. This causes trouble during initialization when the carrier status has not yet been updated. If a lot of packets are received while netif_carrier_ok returns false, all dma descriptors are freed and the rx dma transfer is stopped. The bug occurs when the board is connected to a network with lots of traffic and the ifconfig down/up is done, e.g., when reconfiguring the interface with DHCP. The bug can be reproduced by flood pinging the davinci board while doing ifconfig eth0 down ifconfig eth0 up on the board. After that, the rx path stops working and the overrun value reported by ifconfig is counting up. This patch reverts commit 0a5f38467765ee15478db90d81e40c269c8dda20 and instead issues warnings only if cpdma_chan_submit returns -ENOMEM. Signed-off-by: Christian Riesch <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Cc: Hegde, Vinay <[email protected]> Cc: Cyril Chemparathy <[email protected]> Cc: Sascha Hauer <[email protected]> --- Hi, Since my first submission of this patch yesterday I did additional tests with suspend/rtcwake. My tests confirmed that the solution in this patch solves the problem that was addressed by commit 0a5f38467765ee15478db90d81e40c269c8dda20 while not destroying the rx communication channel. Changes since v1: - Removed the 'RFC' from subject line - Added more information to the commit message - Added stable tag, I think this patch meets the rules in Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt Regards, Christian drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c | 6 ++++-- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c index 4fa0bcb..4b2f545 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c @@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@ static void emac_rx_handler(void *token, int len, int status) int ret; /* free and bail if we are shutting down */ - if (unlikely(!netif_running(ndev) || !netif_carrier_ok(ndev))) { + if (unlikely(!netif_running(ndev))) { dev_kfree_skb_any(skb); return; } @@ -1038,7 +1038,9 @@ static void emac_rx_handler(void *token, int len, int status) recycle: ret = cpdma_chan_submit(priv->rxchan, skb, skb->data, skb_tailroom(skb), GFP_KERNEL); - if (WARN_ON(ret < 0)) + + WARN_ON(ret == -ENOMEM); + if (unlikely(ret < 0)) dev_kfree_skb_any(skb); } -- 1.7.0.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
