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authorAlexander Duyck <aduyck@mirantis.com>2016-03-02 16:16:08 -0500
committerJeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>2016-04-05 15:05:51 -0700
commita4605fef7132f19afded76ee025c957558271a7d (patch)
tree475354a2f91547a5e077c4eba46aa22e6efd4130 /drivers/net
parent847a1d6796c767f8b697ead60997b847a84b897b (diff)
downloadlinux-a4605fef7132f19afded76ee025c957558271a7d.tar.bz2
e1000: Double Tx descriptors needed check for 82544
The 82544 has code that adds one additional descriptor per data buffer. However we weren't taking that into account when determining the descriptors needed for the next transmit at the end of the xmit_frame path. This change takes that into account by doubling the number of descriptors needed for the 82544 so that we can avoid a potential issue where we could hang the Tx ring by loading frames with xmit_more enabled and then stopping the ring without writing the tail. In addition it adds a few more descriptors to account for some additional workarounds that have been added over time. Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <aduyck@mirantis.com> Tested-by: Aaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c19
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c
index d213fb45855d..ae90d4f12b70 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c
@@ -3256,12 +3256,29 @@ static netdev_tx_t e1000_xmit_frame(struct sk_buff *skb,
nr_frags, mss);
if (count) {
+ /* The descriptors needed is higher than other Intel drivers
+ * due to a number of workarounds. The breakdown is below:
+ * Data descriptors: MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 1
+ * Context Descriptor: 1
+ * Keep head from touching tail: 2
+ * Workarounds: 3
+ */
+ int desc_needed = MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 7;
+
netdev_sent_queue(netdev, skb->len);
skb_tx_timestamp(skb);
e1000_tx_queue(adapter, tx_ring, tx_flags, count);
+
+ /* 82544 potentially requires twice as many data descriptors
+ * in order to guarantee buffers don't end on evenly-aligned
+ * dwords
+ */
+ if (adapter->pcix_82544)
+ desc_needed += MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 1;
+
/* Make sure there is space in the ring for the next send. */
- e1000_maybe_stop_tx(netdev, tx_ring, MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 2);
+ e1000_maybe_stop_tx(netdev, tx_ring, desc_needed);
if (!skb->xmit_more ||
netif_xmit_stopped(netdev_get_tx_queue(netdev, 0))) {