2.6.31-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Steve Glendinning [ Upstream commit ec4756238239f1a331d9fb95bad8b281dad56855 ] Usbnet framework assumes USB hardware doesn't handle zero length packets, but SMSC LAN95xx requires these to be sent for correct operation. This patch fixes an easily reproducible tx lockup when sending a frame that results in exactly 512 bytes in a USB transmission (e.g. a UDP frame with 458 data bytes, due to IP headers and our USB headers). It adds an extra flag to usbnet for the hardware driver to indicate that it can handle and requires the zero length packets. This patch should not affect other usbnet users, please also consider for -stable. Signed-off-by: Steve Glendinning Signed-off-by: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c | 2 +- drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c | 2 +- include/linux/usb/usbnet.h | 1 + 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c +++ b/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c @@ -1232,7 +1232,7 @@ static const struct driver_info smsc95xx .rx_fixup = smsc95xx_rx_fixup, .tx_fixup = smsc95xx_tx_fixup, .status = smsc95xx_status, - .flags = FLAG_ETHER, + .flags = FLAG_ETHER | FLAG_SEND_ZLP, }; static const struct usb_device_id products[] = { --- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c +++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c @@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ int usbnet_start_xmit (struct sk_buff *s * NOTE: strictly conforming cdc-ether devices should expect * the ZLP here, but ignore the one-byte packet. */ - if ((length % dev->maxpacket) == 0) { + if (!(info->flags & FLAG_SEND_ZLP) && (length % dev->maxpacket) == 0) { urb->transfer_buffer_length++; if (skb_tailroom(skb)) { skb->data[skb->len] = 0; --- a/include/linux/usb/usbnet.h +++ b/include/linux/usb/usbnet.h @@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ struct driver_info { #define FLAG_FRAMING_AX 0x0040 /* AX88772/178 packets */ #define FLAG_WLAN 0x0080 /* use "wlan%d" names */ +#define FLAG_SEND_ZLP 0x0200 /* hw requires ZLPs are sent */ /* init device ... can sleep, or cause probe() failure */ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/