Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: mvneta: add xmit_more support

[Eric Dumazet]

On Tue, 2016-09-13 at 09:00 +0200, Marcin Wojtas wrote:
> From: Simon Guinot <simon.guinot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Basing on xmit_more flag of the skb, TX descriptors can be concatenated
> before flushing. This commit delay Tx descriptor flush if the queue is
> running and if there is more skb's to send.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Simon Guinot <simon.guinot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c | 11 ++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
> index d41c28d..b9dccea 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
> @@ -512,6 +512,7 @@ struct mvneta_tx_queue {
>  	 * descriptor ring
>  	 */
>  	int count;
> +	int pending;
>  	int tx_stop_threshold;
>  	int tx_wake_threshold;
>  
> @@ -802,8 +803,9 @@ static void mvneta_txq_pend_desc_add(struct mvneta_port *pp,
>  	/* Only 255 descriptors can be added at once ; Assume caller
>  	 * process TX desriptors in quanta less than 256
>  	 */

Hi Marcin

Well, given the above comment, and fact that MVNETA_MAX_TXD == 532, it
looks like you might add a bug if more than 256 skb are given to your
ndo_start_xmit() with skb->xmit_more = 1

I therefore suggest you make sure it does not happen.

txq->pending += frags;
if (!skb->xmit_more ||
    txq->pending > 256 - MVNETA_MAX_SKB_DESCS ||
    netif_xmit_stopped(nq))
	mvneta_txq_pend_desc_add(pp, txq)