Re: [PATCH 1/1] via-rhine: Fix hanging with high CPU load on low-end broads.

[Bjarke Istrup Pedersen]

2011/12/30 Francois Romieu <romieu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Bjarke Istrup Pedersen <gurligebis@xxxxxxxxxx> :
> [...]
>> Just applied it to HEAD of net-next, and got the following compiler warning:
>> drivers/net/ethernet/via/via-rhine.c:2182:13: warning:
>> 'rhine_task_enable' defined but not used
>
> You are running with CONFIG_PM disabled and a down / up loop will not
> work. The patch below should hide the latter, at least as long as the
> relevant workqueue does not stall for too long... Extra cancel_work in
> task_enable could work too but it will look strange.

Applied the patch, testing later :)
You are saying that with CONFIG_PM disabled, I wont be able to bring
the interface down and up again?

>> Just so you know that too :)
>
> Thanks for testing.
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/via/via-rhine.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/via/via-rhine.c
> index c57e1da..89ced1b 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/via/via-rhine.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/via/via-rhine.c
> @@ -1536,6 +1536,7 @@ static int rhine_open(struct net_device *dev)
>        alloc_rbufs(dev);
>        alloc_tbufs(dev);
>        rhine_chip_reset(dev);
> +       rhine_task_enable(rp);
>        init_registers(dev);
>        if (debug > 2)
>                netdev_dbg(dev, "%s() Done - status %04x MII status: %04x\n",
> --
> Ueimor
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