netdev - [PATCH net 2/2] netxen: Fix bug in Tx completion path.

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Date:	Tue, 30 Sep 2014 03:56:36 -0400
From:	Manish Chopra <manish.chopra@...gic.com>
To:	<davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <umgwanakikbuti@...il.com>,
	<Dept-GELinuxNICDev@...gic.com>
Subject: [PATCH net 2/2] netxen: Fix bug in Tx completion path.

o Driver is not updating sw_consumer while processing Tx completion
  when interface is going down. Due to this interface down path gets
  stuck forever waiting for NAPI to complete.

Signed-off-by: Manish Chopra <manish.chopra@...gic.com>
---
 .../net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_init.c   |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_init.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_init.c
index ae4ec7b..5c40683 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_init.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_init.c
@@ -1794,9 +1794,9 @@ int netxen_process_cmd_ring(struct netxen_adapter *adapter)
 			break;
 	}
 
-	if (count && netif_running(netdev)) {
-		tx_ring->sw_consumer = sw_consumer;
+	tx_ring->sw_consumer = sw_consumer;
 
+	if (count && netif_running(netdev)) {
 		smp_mb();
 
 		if (netif_queue_stopped(netdev) && netif_carrier_ok(netdev))
-- 
1.7.1

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