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spidernet: Don't terminate the RX ring
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The terminated RX ring will cause trouble during the RX ram full
conditions, leading to a hung driver, as the hardware can't find
the next descr.  There is no real reason to terminate the RX ring;
it doesn't make the operation any smooother, and it does
require an extra sync. So don't do it.

Signed-off-by: Linas Vepstas <linas@austin.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
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Linas Vepstas authored and Jeff Garzik committed Jun 20, 2007
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18 changes: 9 additions & 9 deletions drivers/net/spider_net.c
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Expand Up @@ -460,13 +460,9 @@ spider_net_prepare_rx_descr(struct spider_net_card *card,
hwdescr->dmac_cmd_status = SPIDER_NET_DESCR_NOT_IN_USE;
} else {
hwdescr->buf_addr = buf;
hwdescr->next_descr_addr = 0;
wmb();
hwdescr->dmac_cmd_status = SPIDER_NET_DESCR_CARDOWNED |
SPIDER_NET_DMAC_NOINTR_COMPLETE;

wmb();
descr->prev->hwdescr->next_descr_addr = descr->bus_addr;
}

return 0;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -541,12 +537,16 @@ spider_net_refill_rx_chain(struct spider_net_card *card)
static int
spider_net_alloc_rx_skbs(struct spider_net_card *card)
{
int result;
struct spider_net_descr_chain *chain;
struct spider_net_descr_chain *chain = &card->rx_chain;
struct spider_net_descr *start = chain->tail;
struct spider_net_descr *descr = start;

result = -ENOMEM;
/* Link up the hardware chain pointers */
do {
descr->prev->hwdescr->next_descr_addr = descr->bus_addr;
descr = descr->next;
} while (descr != start);

chain = &card->rx_chain;
/* Put at least one buffer into the chain. if this fails,
* we've got a problem. If not, spider_net_refill_rx_chain
* will do the rest at the end of this function. */
Expand All @@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ spider_net_alloc_rx_skbs(struct spider_net_card *card)

error:
spider_net_free_rx_chain_contents(card);
return result;
return -ENOMEM;
}

/**
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