netdev - RE: [PATCH] ixgbe: Fix ixgbe_tx

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Date:	Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:27:41 -0800
From:	"Duyck, Alexander H" <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>
To:	"Duyck, Alexander H" <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>,
	Anton Blanchard <anton@...ba.org>,
	"Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	"Brandeburg, Jesse" <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
	"Allan, Bruce W" <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>,
	"Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P" <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>,
	"Ronciak, John" <john.ronciak@...el.com>,
	"Skidmore, Donald C" <donald.c.skidmore@...el.com>,
	"Zou, Yi" <yi.zou@...el.com>
CC:	"e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net" 
	<e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] ixgbe: Fix ixgbe_tx_map error path

Duyck, Alexander H wrote:
> Actually it looks like the bug for ixgbe is in the while (count >= 0)
> check.  It should be just while (count > 0) insead. 
> 
> It also appears there is an issue I may have introduced in igb as
> well.  I will go back through the drivers and see about submitting
> some patches to address these issues.  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Alex

It looks like we actually have some other patches in place that are addressing the count >= 0 issue.  This patch addresses the remaining return value of -1 issues for ixgbe. I think we should probably pull it into Jeff's tree for testing, and I will generate a separate patch for the igb issues.

Thanks,

Alex

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anton Blanchard [mailto:anton@...ba.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 3:02 AM
> To: Kirsher, Jeffrey T; Brandeburg, Jesse; Allan, Bruce W; Waskiewicz
> Jr, Peter P; Ronciak, John; Skidmore, Donald C; Zou, Yi; Duyck,
> Alexander H  
> Cc: e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net; netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: [PATCH] ixgbe: Fix ixgbe_tx_map error path
> 
> 
> Commit e5a43549f7a58509a91b299a51337d386697b92c (ixgbe: remove
> skb_dma_map/unmap calls from driver) looks to have introduced a bug in
> ixgbe_tx_map. If we get an error from a PCI DMA call, we loop
> backwards 
> through count until it becomes -1 and return that.
> 
> The caller of ixgbe_tx_map expects 0 on error, so return that instead.
> 
> ---
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
> b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c 
> index 1a2ea62..af660ba 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
> @@ -5174,7 +5174,7 @@ dma_error:
>  		ixgbe_unmap_and_free_tx_resource(adapter, tx_buffer_info);
>  	}
> 
> -	return count;
> +	return 0;
>  }
> 
>  static void ixgbe_tx_queue(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter,

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