netdev - Re: [net PATCH 1/1] drivers: net: cpsw: dual_emac: fix reducing of rx descriptor during ifdown

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Date:	Tue, 02 Sep 2014 11:54:34 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mugunthanvnm@...com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net PATCH 1/1] drivers: net: cpsw: dual_emac: fix reducing of
 rx descriptor during ifdown

From: Mugunthan V N <mugunthanvnm@...com>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 14:51:05 +0530

> When ifup and ifdown is run continuously, for each spilled packet (for
> interface which is down) from DMA, the total number of rx descriptor
> goes down and at one instance all the descriptor is lost and both the
> interface stops working.
> 
> To recover from this we need to put down both the interface and open the
> interface which will re-init the DMA which intern queues fresh set of
> skbs for rx.

But you still should not receive packets for a netdev which is down.
As far as I can tell, you're feeding it into the stack still.

Also this doesn't explain why the "status < 0" case applies to this
new logic, you have not explained that at all.
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