[PATCH 2.6.9-rc1-mm4 2/4] r8169: hint for Tx flow control

[Francois Romieu <romieu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

return 1 in start_xmit() when the required descriptors are not available
and wait for more room.

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

diff -puN drivers/net/r8169.c~r8169-140 drivers/net/r8169.c
--- linux-2.6.9-rc1/drivers/net/r8169.c~r8169-140       2004-09-08 
22:02:53.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.9-rc1-fr/drivers/net/r8169.c      2004-09-08 22:04:04.000000000 
+0200
@@ -1768,15 +1768,16 @@ static int rtl8169_start_xmit(struct sk_
        dma_addr_t mapping;
        u32 status, len;
        u32 opts1;
+       int ret = 0;
        
        if (unlikely(TX_BUFFS_AVAIL(tp) < skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags)) {
                printk(KERN_ERR PFX "%s: BUG! Tx Ring full when queue awake!\n",
                       dev->name);
-               return 1;
+               goto err_stop;
        }
 
        if (unlikely(le32_to_cpu(txd->opts1) & DescOwn))
-               goto err_drop;
+               goto err_stop;
 
        opts1 = DescOwn | rtl8169_tx_csum(skb);
 
@@ -1826,10 +1827,11 @@ static int rtl8169_start_xmit(struct sk_
        }
 
 out:
-       return 0;
+       return ret;
 
-err_drop:
-       dev_kfree_skb(skb);
+err_stop:
+       netif_stop_queue(dev);
+       ret = 1;
 err_update_stats:
        tp->stats.tx_dropped++;
        goto out;

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