p54: enforce strict tx_queue limits

The patch fixes an old FIXME in p54pci.c by moving the "queue full"
check into the common library, where we can deal with it properly.

Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@web.de>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54common.c

@@ -874,7 +874,27 @@ static int p54_assign_address(struct ieee80211_hw *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->tx_queue.lock, flags);
+
 	left = skb_queue_len(&priv->tx_queue);
+	if (unlikely(left >= 28)) {
+		/*
+		 * The tx_queue is nearly full!
+		 * We have throttle normal data traffic, because we must
+		 * have a few spare slots for control frames left.
+		 */
+		ieee80211_stop_queues(dev);
+
+		if (unlikely(left == 32)) {
+			/*
+			 * The tx_queue is now really full.
+			 *
+			 * TODO: check if the device has crashed and reset it.
+			 */
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->tx_queue.lock, flags);
+			return -ENOSPC;
+		}
+	}
+
 	while (left--) {
 		u32 hole_size;
 		info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(entry);
@@ -903,7 +923,7 @@ static int p54_assign_address(struct ieee80211_hw *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (!target_skb) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->tx_queue.lock, flags);
 		ieee80211_stop_queues(dev);
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		return -ENOSPC;
 	}
 
 	info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);

drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54pci.c

@@ -332,13 +332,6 @@ static void p54p_tx(struct ieee80211_hw *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	P54P_WRITE(dev_int, cpu_to_le32(ISL38XX_DEV_INT_UPDATE));
 	P54P_READ(dev_int);
-
-	/* FIXME: unlikely to happen because the device usually runs out of
-	   memory before we fill the ring up, but we can make it impossible */
-	if (idx - device_idx > ARRAY_SIZE(ring_control->tx_data) - 2) {
-		p54_free_skb(dev, skb);
-		printk(KERN_INFO "%s: tx overflow.\n", wiphy_name(dev->wiphy));
-	}
 }
 
 static void p54p_stop(struct ieee80211_hw *dev)