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Message-Id: <1258026942-2947-1-git-send-email-srk@ti.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:25:42 +0530
From: Sriramakrishnan <srk@...com>
To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Sriramakrishnan <srk@...com>
Subject: [PATCH] TI Davinci EMAC : Fix Console Hang when bringing the interface down
In the NAPI poll function(emac_poll), check for netif_running()
is unnecassary. In addition to associated runtime overhead, it
also results in a continuous softirq loop when the interface is
brought down under heavy traffic(tested wit Traffic Generator).
Once the interface is disabled, the poll function always returns
zero(with the check for netif_running) and napi_complete() would
never get called resulting in softirq loop.
Signed-off-by: Sriramakrishnan <srk@...com>
Acked-by: Chaithrika U S <chaithrika@...com>
---
This patch has been validated on the OMAP-L138 platform. The smsc911x
driver has a similar issue. Will post a patch for that separately.
drivers/net/davinci_emac.c | 3 ---
1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/davinci_emac.c b/drivers/net/davinci_emac.c
index f72c56d..2533413 100644
--- a/drivers/net/davinci_emac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/davinci_emac.c
@@ -2140,9 +2140,6 @@ static int emac_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
u32 status = 0;
u32 num_pkts = 0;
- if (!netif_running(ndev))
- return 0;
-
/* Check interrupt vectors and call packet processing */
status = emac_read(EMAC_MACINVECTOR);
--
1.6.2.4
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