netdev - [PATCH 3/14] Spidernet remove rxramfull tasklet

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Message-ID: <20061213211006.GC1915@austin.ibm.com>
Date:	Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:10:06 -0600
From:	linas@...tin.ibm.com (Linas Vepstas)
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, jgarzik@...ox.com,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Ishizaki Kou <kou.ishizaki@...hiba.co.jp>,
	Jens Osterkamp <Jens.Osterkamp@....de>,
	James K Lewis <jim@...ewis.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: [PATCH 3/14] Spidernet remove rxramfull tasklet


Get rid of the rxramfull tasklet, and let the NAPI poll routine
deal with this situation. (The rxramfull interrupt is simply 
stating that the h/w has run out of room for incoming packets).

Signed-off-by: Linas Vepstas <linas@...tin.ibm.com>
Cc: James K Lewis <jklewis@...ibm.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

----
 drivers/net/spider_net.c |   24 +-----------------------
 drivers/net/spider_net.h |    1 -
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 24 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6.19-git7/drivers/net/spider_net.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.19-git7.orig/drivers/net/spider_net.c	2006-12-13 14:24:04.000000000 -0600
+++ linux-2.6.19-git7/drivers/net/spider_net.c	2006-12-13 14:24:07.000000000 -0600
@@ -1221,24 +1221,6 @@ spider_net_set_mac(struct net_device *ne
 }
 
 /**
- * spider_net_handle_rxram_full - cleans up RX ring upon RX RAM full interrupt
- * @card: card structure
- *
- * spider_net_handle_rxram_full empties the RX ring so that spider can put
- * more packets in it and empty its RX RAM. This is called in bottom half
- * context
- */
-static void
-spider_net_handle_rxram_full(struct spider_net_card *card)
-{
-	while (spider_net_decode_one_descr(card, 0))
-		;
-	spider_net_enable_rxchtails(card);
-	spider_net_enable_rxdmac(card);
-	netif_rx_schedule(card->netdev);
-}
-
-/**
  * spider_net_handle_error_irq - handles errors raised by an interrupt
  * @card: card structure
  * @status_reg: interrupt status register 0 (GHIINT0STS)
@@ -1363,7 +1345,7 @@ spider_net_handle_error_irq(struct spide
 			pr_err("Spider RX RAM full, incoming packets "
 			       "might be discarded!\n");
 		spider_net_rx_irq_off(card);
-		tasklet_schedule(&card->rxram_full_tl);
+		netif_rx_schedule(card->netdev);
 		show_error = 0;
 		break;
 
@@ -1895,7 +1877,6 @@ spider_net_stop(struct net_device *netde
 {
 	struct spider_net_card *card = netdev_priv(netdev);
 
-	tasklet_kill(&card->rxram_full_tl);
 	netif_poll_disable(netdev);
 	netif_carrier_off(netdev);
 	netif_stop_queue(netdev);
@@ -2037,9 +2018,6 @@ spider_net_setup_netdev(struct spider_ne
 
 	pci_set_drvdata(card->pdev, netdev);
 
-	card->rxram_full_tl.data = (unsigned long) card;
-	card->rxram_full_tl.func =
-		(void (*)(unsigned long)) spider_net_handle_rxram_full;
 	init_timer(&card->tx_timer);
 	card->tx_timer.function =
 		(void (*)(unsigned long)) spider_net_cleanup_tx_ring;
Index: linux-2.6.19-git7/drivers/net/spider_net.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.19-git7.orig/drivers/net/spider_net.h	2006-12-13 14:24:04.000000000 -0600
+++ linux-2.6.19-git7/drivers/net/spider_net.h	2006-12-13 14:24:07.000000000 -0600
@@ -442,7 +442,6 @@ struct spider_net_card {
 	struct spider_net_descr_chain rx_chain;
 	struct spider_net_descr *low_watermark;
 
-	struct tasklet_struct rxram_full_tl;
 	struct timer_list tx_timer;
 	struct work_struct tx_timeout_task;
 	atomic_t tx_timeout_task_counter;
-
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