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b: refs/heads/master
c: b88c6de
h: refs/heads/master
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[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 54239c67dba1ec168736c7f31b65638bfe535386
+refs/heads/master: b88c6de20c5edf797bc526cbfe0e8979c63768b9

trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c

@@ -2359,13 +2359,11 @@ void ixgbe_configure_tx_ring(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter,
 	struct ixgbe_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
 	u64 tdba = ring->dma;
 	int wait_loop = 10;
-	u32 txdctl;
+	u32 txdctl = IXGBE_TXDCTL_ENABLE;
 	u8 reg_idx = ring->reg_idx;
 
 	/* disable queue to avoid issues while updating state */
-	txdctl = IXGBE_READ_REG(hw, IXGBE_TXDCTL(reg_idx));
-	IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_TXDCTL(reg_idx),
-			txdctl & ~IXGBE_TXDCTL_ENABLE);
+	IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_TXDCTL(reg_idx), 0);
 	IXGBE_WRITE_FLUSH(hw);
 
 	IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_TDBAL(reg_idx),
@@ -2377,18 +2375,22 @@ void ixgbe_configure_tx_ring(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter,
 	IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_TDT(reg_idx), 0);
 	ring->tail = hw->hw_addr + IXGBE_TDT(reg_idx);
 
-	/* configure fetching thresholds */
-	if (adapter->rx_itr_setting == 0) {
-		/* cannot set wthresh when itr==0 */
-		txdctl &= ~0x007F0000;
-	} else {
-		/* enable WTHRESH=8 descriptors, to encourage burst writeback */
-		txdctl |= (8 << 16);
-	}
-	if (adapter->flags & IXGBE_FLAG_DCB_ENABLED) {
-		/* PThresh workaround for Tx hang with DFP enabled. */
-		txdctl |= 32;
-	}
+	/*
+	 * set WTHRESH to encourage burst writeback, it should not be set
+	 * higher than 1 when ITR is 0 as it could cause false TX hangs
+	 *
+	 * In order to avoid issues WTHRESH + PTHRESH should always be equal
+	 * to or less than the number of on chip descriptors, which is
+	 * currently 40.
+	 */
+	if (!adapter->tx_itr_setting || !adapter->rx_itr_setting)
+		txdctl |= (1 << 16);	/* WTHRESH = 1 */
+	else
+		txdctl |= (8 << 16);	/* WTHRESH = 8 */
+
+	/* PTHRESH=32 is needed to avoid a Tx hang with DFP enabled. */
+	txdctl |= (1 << 8) |	/* HTHRESH = 1 */
+		   32;		/* PTHRESH = 32 */
 
 	/* reinitialize flowdirector state */
 	if ((adapter->flags & IXGBE_FLAG_FDIR_HASH_CAPABLE) &&
@@ -2403,7 +2405,6 @@ void ixgbe_configure_tx_ring(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter,
 	clear_bit(__IXGBE_HANG_CHECK_ARMED, &ring->state);
 
 	/* enable queue */
-	txdctl |= IXGBE_TXDCTL_ENABLE;
 	IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_TXDCTL(reg_idx), txdctl);
 
 	/* TXDCTL.EN will return 0 on 82598 if link is down, so skip it */