From: Badalian Vyacheslav <slavon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:02:28 +0300
Also have regression after apply patch.
BTW, if you are using the e1000e driver then this initial
patch will not work.
My more recent patch posting for this problem, will.
I include it again below for you:
[NET]: Fix TX timeout regression in Intel drivers.
This fixes a regression added by changeset
53e52c729cc169db82a6105fac7a166e10c2ec36 ("[NET]: Make ->poll()
breakout consistent in Intel ethernet drivers.")
As pointed out by Jesse Brandeburg, for three of the drivers edited
above there is breakout logic in the *_clean_tx_irq() code to prevent
running TX reclaim forever. If this occurs, we have to elide NAPI
poll completion or else those TX events will never be serviced.
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
index 13d57b0..0c9a6f7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
@@ -3919,7 +3919,7 @@ e1000_clean(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
{
struct e1000_adapter *adapter = container_of(napi, struct e1000_adapter, napi);
struct net_device *poll_dev = adapter->netdev;
- int work_done = 0;
+ int tx_cleaned = 0, work_done = 0;
/* Must NOT use netdev_priv macro here. */
adapter = poll_dev->priv;
@@ -3929,14 +3929,17 @@ e1000_clean(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
* simultaneously. A failure obtaining the lock means
* tx_ring[0] is currently being cleaned anyway. */
if (spin_trylock(&adapter->tx_queue_lock)) {
- e1000_clean_tx_irq(adapter,
- &adapter->tx_ring[0]);
+ tx_cleaned = e1000_clean_tx_irq(adapter,
+ &adapter->tx_ring[0]);
spin_unlock(&adapter->tx_queue_lock);
}
adapter->clean_rx(adapter, &adapter->rx_ring[0],
&work_done, budget);
+ if (tx_cleaned)
+ work_done = budget;
+
/* If budget not fully consumed, exit the polling mode */
if (work_done < budget) {
if (likely(adapter->itr_setting & 3))
diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c b/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c
index 4a6fc74..2ab3bfb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c
@@ -1384,7 +1384,7 @@ static int e1000_clean(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
{
struct e1000_adapter *adapter = container_of(napi, struct e1000_adapter, napi);
struct net_device *poll_dev = adapter->netdev;
- int work_done = 0;
+ int tx_cleaned = 0, work_done = 0;
/* Must NOT use netdev_priv macro here. */
adapter = poll_dev->priv;
@@ -1394,12 +1394,15 @@ static int e1000_clean(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
* simultaneously. A failure obtaining the lock means
* tx_ring is currently being cleaned anyway. */
if (spin_trylock(&adapter->tx_queue_lock)) {
- e1000_clean_tx_irq(adapter);
+ tx_cleaned = e1000_clean_tx_irq(adapter);
spin_unlock(&adapter->tx_queue_lock);
}
adapter->clean_rx(adapter, &work_done, budget);
+ if (tx_cleaned)
+ work_done = budget;
+
/* If budget not fully consumed, exit the polling mode */
if (work_done < budget) {
if (adapter->itr_setting & 3)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index a564916..de3f45e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -1468,13 +1468,16 @@ static int ixgbe_clean(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter = container_of(napi,
struct ixgbe_adapter, napi);
struct net_device *netdev = adapter->netdev;
- int work_done = 0;
+ int tx_cleaned = 0, work_done = 0;
/* In non-MSIX case, there is no multi-Tx/Rx queue */
- ixgbe_clean_tx_irq(adapter, adapter->tx_ring);
+ tx_cleaned = ixgbe_clean_tx_irq(adapter, adapter->tx_ring);
ixgbe_clean_rx_irq(adapter, &adapter->rx_ring[0], &work_done,
budget);
+ if (tx_cleaned)
+ work_done = budget;
+
/* If budget not fully consumed, exit the polling mode */
if (work_done < budget) {
netif_rx_complete(netdev, napi);