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From: Divy Le Ray <divy@chelsio.com>
To: jeff@garzik.org
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	swise@opengridcomputing.com
Subject: [PATCH 2.6.25] - Fix transmit queue stop mechanism
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:13:30 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080313071330.10331.66058.stgit@speedy5> (raw)

From: Divy Le Ray <divy@chelsio.com>

The last change in the Tx queue stop mechanism opens a window
where the Tx queue might be stopped after pending credits
returned.

Tx credits are returned via a control message generated by the HW.
It returns tx credits on demand, triggered by a completion bit
set in selective transmit packet headers.

The current code can lead to the Tx queue stopped
with all pending credits returned, and the current frame
not triggering a credit return. The Tx queue will then never be
awaken.

The driver could alternatively request a completion for packets
that stop the queue. It's however safer at this point to go back
to the pre-existing behaviour.

Signed-off-by: Divy Le Ray <divy@chelsio.com>
---

 drivers/net/cxgb3/sge.c |   12 +++++++++---
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/cxgb3/sge.c b/drivers/net/cxgb3/sge.c
index 979f3fc..db58687 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cxgb3/sge.c
+++ b/drivers/net/cxgb3/sge.c
@@ -1107,9 +1107,15 @@ int t3_eth_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	}
 
 	q->in_use += ndesc;
-	if (unlikely(credits - ndesc < q->stop_thres))
-		if (USE_GTS || !should_restart_tx(q))
-			t3_stop_queue(dev, qs, q);
+	if (unlikely(credits - ndesc < q->stop_thres)) {
+		t3_stop_queue(dev, qs, q);
+
+		if (should_restart_tx(q) &&
+		    test_and_clear_bit(TXQ_ETH, &qs->txq_stopped)) {
+			q->restarts++;
+			netif_wake_queue(dev);
+		}
+	}
 
 	gen = q->gen;
 	q->unacked += ndesc;

             reply	other threads:[~2008-03-13  7:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-03-13  7:13 Divy Le Ray [this message]
2008-03-17 12:09 ` [PATCH 2.6.25] - Fix transmit queue stop mechanism Jeff Garzik

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