cxgb3: Fix transmit queue stop mechanism

Browse source

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>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>

...

This commit is contained in:

Divy Le Ray 2008-03-13 00:13:30 -07:00 • committed by Jeff Garzik

parent cdb3469778

commit cd7e903440

1 changed files with 9 additions and 3 deletions

Show all changes Ignore whitespace when comparing lines Ignore changes in amount of whitespace Ignore changes in whitespace at EOL

Download patch file Download diff file Expand all files Collapse all files

12

drivers/net/cxgb3/sge.c

View file