From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Message-Id: <20130411202612.150114838@goodmis.org> Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:27:41 -0400 From: Steven Rostedt To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: Dan Franke , Sriramakrishnan A G , Mugunthan V N , Eric Dumazet , "David S. Miller" Subject: [ 158/171 ] drivers: net: ethernet: davinci_emac: use netif_wake_queue() while restarting tx queue References: <20130411202503.783159048@goodmis.org> Content-Disposition: inline; filename=0158-drivers-net-ethernet-davinci_emac-use-netif_wake_que.patch Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 3.6.11.2 stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Mugunthan V N [ Upstream commit 7e51cde276ca820d526c6c21cf8147df595a36bf ] To restart tx queue use netif_wake_queue() intead of netif_start_queue() so that net schedule will restart transmission immediately which will increase network performance while doing huge data transfers. Reported-by: Dan Franke Suggested-by: Sriramakrishnan A G Signed-off-by: Mugunthan V N Acked-by: Eric Dumazet Signed-off-by: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c index fce89a0..93c040d 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c @@ -1055,7 +1055,7 @@ static void emac_tx_handler(void *token, int len, int status) atomic_dec(&priv->cur_tx); if (unlikely(netif_queue_stopped(ndev))) - netif_start_queue(ndev); + netif_wake_queue(ndev); ndev->stats.tx_packets++; ndev->stats.tx_bytes += len; dev_kfree_skb_any(skb); -- 1.7.10.4