RE: [PATCH net-next 2/2] r8152: check the status before submittingrx

From: Hayes Wang
Date: Sun Dec 21 2014 - 21:53:54 EST


David Miller [mailto:davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2014 4:44 AM
[...]
> > Don't submit the rx if the device is unplugged, linking down,
> > or stopped.
> ...
> > @@ -1789,6 +1789,11 @@ int r8152_submit_rx(struct r8152
> *tp, struct rx_agg *agg, gfp_t mem_flags)
> > {
> > int ret;
> >
> > + /* The rx would be stopped, so skip submitting */
> > + if (test_bit(RTL8152_UNPLUG, &tp->flags) ||
> > + !test_bit(WORK_ENABLE, &tp->flags) || !(tp->speed & LINK_STATUS))
> > + return 0;
> > +
>
> I think netif_carrier_off() should always be true in all three of those
> situations, and would be a much simpler test than what you've coded
> here.

When the device is unplugged or stopped, the linking status
may be true, so I add additional checks to avoid the submission.

Besides, in set_carrier() I set netif_carrier_on() after
ops.enable() to avoid any transmission before I finish
starting the tx/rx.

tp->rtl_ops.enable(tp);
set_bit(RTL8152_SET_RX_MODE, &tp->flags);
netif_carrier_on(netdev);

However, the r8152_submit_rx() would be called in ops.enable(),
and the check of netif_carrier_ok() would be always false. That
is why I use tp->speed, not netif_carrier_ok(), to check the
linking stauts.

Best Regards,
Hayes
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