Re: [patch netdrvr sis900] net: come alive after temporary memory shortage

From: Daniele Venzano
Date: Mon Sep 26 2005 - 08:07:31 EST


Il giorno 26/set/05, alle ore 14:19, Konstantin Khorenko ha scritto:
Hope, you'll check this changes and find them usefull. :)
Kernels with patches compile but untested.
This patch is against mainstream 2.6.13.1 kernel.

--- ./drivers/net/sis900.c.sis900 2005-08-29 03:41:01.000000000 +0400
+++ ./drivers/net/sis900.c 2005-09-19 14:34:42.000000000 +0400

Please create the diff one directory above the root sources directory so that it is possible to apply with 'patch -p1'.

@@ -1696,6 +1696,14 @@ static int sis900_rx(struct net_device *
long ioaddr = net_dev->base_addr;
unsigned int entry = sis_priv->cur_rx % NUM_RX_DESC;
u32 rx_status = sis_priv->rx_ring[entry].cmdsts;
+ /*
+ * If cur > dirty, then limit = NUM_RX_DESC - cur + dirty =
+ * NUM_RX_DESC + (dirty - cur)
+ * If cur < dirty (cur overflowed, dirty - not), then
+ * limit = dirty - cur
+ */
+ int rx_work_limit =
+ (sis_priv->dirty_rx - sis_priv->cur_rx) % NUM_RX_DESC;
Remove this comment, or move it to the description of the function above the sis900_rx() declaration.


if (netif_msg_rx_status(sis_priv))
printk(KERN_DEBUG "sis900_rx, cur_rx:%4.4d, dirty_rx:%4.4d "
@@ -1705,6 +1713,8 @@ static int sis900_rx(struct net_device *
while (rx_status & OWN) {
unsigned int rx_size;

+ if (--rx_work_limit < 0)
+ break;
rx_size = (rx_status & DSIZE) - CRC_SIZE;

if (rx_status & (ABORT|OVERRUN|TOOLONG|RUNT|RXISERR|CRCERR| FAERR)) {
@@ -1770,6 +1780,7 @@ static int sis900_rx(struct net_device *
sis_priv->rx_ring[entry].cmdsts = 0;
sis_priv->rx_ring[entry].bufptr = 0;
sis_priv->stats.rx_dropped++;
+ sis_priv->cur_rx++;
break;
}
skb->dev = net_dev;
@@ -1787,7 +1798,7 @@ static int sis900_rx(struct net_device *

/* refill the Rx buffer, what if the rate of refilling is slower
* than consuming ?? */
- for (;sis_priv->cur_rx - sis_priv->dirty_rx > 0; sis_priv- >dirty_rx++) {
+ for (; sis_priv->cur_rx != sis_priv->dirty_rx; sis_priv- >dirty_rx++) {
struct sk_buff *skb;

entry = sis_priv->dirty_rx % NUM_RX_DESC;

With those corrections, the patch should be resent to me, to Jeff Garzik and to the netdev mailing list for review and possibly inclusion.
Thanks for the contribution.

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Daniele Venzano
http://www.brownhat.org

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