netdev - Re: [PATCH] ll_temac: Reset dma descriptors on ndo

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Date:	Mon, 30 Sep 2013 21:21:53 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ricardo.ribalda@...il.com
Cc:	joe@...ches.com, jg1.han@...sung.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	wfp5p@...ginia.edu, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ll_temac: Reset dma descriptors on ndo_open

From: Ricardo Ribalda Delgado <ricardo.ribalda@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 13:24:28 +0200

> The dma descriptors are only initialized on the probe function.
> 
> If a packet is on the buffer when temac_stop is called, the dma
> descriptors can be left on a incorrect status where no other package can
> be sent.
> 
> So an interface could be left in an usable state after ifdow/ifup.
> 
> This patch makes sure that the descriptors are in a proper status when
> the device is started.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda Delgado <ricardo.ribalda@...il.com>

This analysis is not correct.

In the current driver, the descriptors are allocated and initialized
in the open function, not the probe function.

I'm not applying this patch.
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