linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net] net: stmmac: fix completely hung TX when using TSO

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Date:   Tue, 06 Jun 2017 16:25:02 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     niklas.cassel@...s.com
Cc:     peppe.cavallaro@...com, alexandre.torgue@...com, niklass@...s.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: stmmac: fix completely hung TX when using TSO

From: Niklas Cassel <niklas.cassel@...s.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2017 09:25:00 +0200

> stmmac_tso_allocator can fail to set the Last Descriptor bit
> on a descriptor that actually was the last descriptor.
> 
> This happens when the buffer of the last descriptor ends
> up having a size of exactly TSO_MAX_BUFF_SIZE.
> 
> When the IP eventually reaches the next last descriptor,
> which actually has the bit set, the DMA will hang.
> 
> When the DMA hangs, we get a tx timeout, however,
> since stmmac does not do a complete reset of the IP
> in stmmac_tx_timeout, we end up in a state with
> completely hung TX.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Niklas Cassel <niklas.cassel@...s.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thank you.