From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sathya Perla Subject: [PATCH net-next 1/5] be2net: Fix race in posting rx buffers. Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:11:51 +0530 Message-ID: <1314078115-8121-2-git-send-email-sathya.perla@emulex.com> References: <1314078115-8121-1-git-send-email-sathya.perla@emulex.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain To: Return-path: Received: from exht1.emulex.com ([138.239.113.183]:27624 "EHLO exht1.ad.emulex.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751595Ab1HWFmt (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Aug 2011 01:42:49 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1314078115-8121-1-git-send-email-sathya.perla@emulex.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: There is a possibility of be_post_rx_frags() being called simultaneously from both be_worker() (when rx_post_starved) and be_poll_rx() (when rxq->used is 0). This can be avoided by posting rx buffers only when some completions have been reaped. Signed-off-by: Sathya Perla --- drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c index ef62594..09eb699 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c @@ -1862,7 +1862,7 @@ loop_continue: } /* Refill the queue */ - if (atomic_read(&rxo->q.used) < RX_FRAGS_REFILL_WM) + if (work_done && atomic_read(&rxo->q.used) < RX_FRAGS_REFILL_WM) be_post_rx_frags(rxo, GFP_ATOMIC); /* All consumed */ -- 1.7.4