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[PATCH 2.6.8.1-mm4 2/2] 8139too: be sure to progress during rtl8139_rx()

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Subject: [PATCH 2.6.8.1-mm4 2/2] 8139too: be sure to progress during rtl8139_rx()
From: Francois Romieu <romieu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 23:43:36 +0200
Cc: akpm@xxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <20040822214208.GA30478@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com>
References: <20040822213954.GA29997@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> <20040822214208.GA30478@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com>
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If the Rx buffer gets corrupted or the FIFO hangs in new interesting ways,
this code prevents the driver from looping in ksoftirqd context without
making any progress.

Signed-off-by: Francois Romieu <romieu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

diff -puN drivers/net/8139too.c~8139too-20 drivers/net/8139too.c
--- linux-2.6.8.1/drivers/net/8139too.c~8139too-20      2004-08-22 
23:25:16.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.8.1-fr/drivers/net/8139too.c      2004-08-22 23:25:16.000000000 
+0200
@@ -593,6 +593,7 @@ struct rtl8139_private {
        int time_to_die;
        struct mii_if_info mii;
        unsigned int regs_len;
+       unsigned long fifo_copy_timeout;
 };
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR ("Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx>");
@@ -1955,7 +1956,7 @@ static int rtl8139_rx(struct net_device 
        unsigned int rx_size = 0;
 
        DPRINTK ("%s: In rtl8139_rx(), current %4.4x BufAddr %4.4x,"
-                " free to %4.4x, Cmd %2.2x.\n", dev->name, cur_rx,
+                " free to %4.4x, Cmd %2.2x.\n", dev->name, (u16)cur_rx,
                 RTL_R16 (RxBufAddr),
                 RTL_R16 (RxBufPtr), RTL_R8 (ChipCmd));
 
@@ -1993,10 +1994,24 @@ static int rtl8139_rx(struct net_device 
                 * since EarlyRx is disabled.
                 */
                if (unlikely(rx_size == 0xfff0)) {
+                       if (!tp->fifo_copy_timeout)
+                               tp->fifo_copy_timeout = jiffies + 2;
+                       else if (time_after(jiffies, tp->fifo_copy_timeout)) {
+                               DPRINTK ("%s: hung FIFO. Reset.", dev->name);
+                               rx_size = 0;
+                               goto no_early_rx;
+                       }
+                       if (netif_msg_intr(tp)) {
+                               printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: fifo copy in progress.",
+                                      dev->name);
+                       }
                        tp->xstats.early_rx++;
                        break;
                }
 
+no_early_rx:
+               tp->fifo_copy_timeout = 0;
+
                /* If Rx err or invalid rx_size/rx_status received
                 * (which happens if we get lost in the ring),
                 * Rx process gets reset, so we abort any further
@@ -2057,6 +2072,14 @@ static int rtl8139_rx(struct net_device 
 #endif
 
        tp->cur_rx = cur_rx;
+
+       /*
+        * The receive buffer should be mostly empty.
+        * Tell NAPI to reenable the Rx irq.
+        */
+       if (tp->fifo_copy_timeout)
+               received = budget;
+
 out:
        return received;
 }

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