netdev - [PATCH net-2.6 1/3] sfc: Wait at most 10ms for the MC to finish reading out MAC statistics

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Message-Id: <1272481235.2549.14.camel@achroite.uk.solarflarecom.com>
Date:	Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:00:35 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com
Subject: [PATCH net-2.6 1/3] sfc: Wait at most 10ms for the MC to finish
 reading out MAC statistics

The original code would wait indefinitely if MAC stats DMA failed.

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Cc: stable@...nel.org
---
 drivers/net/sfc/siena.c |   13 +++++++++++--
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/siena.c b/drivers/net/sfc/siena.c
index 38dcc42..e0c46f5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/siena.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/siena.c
@@ -456,8 +456,17 @@ static int siena_try_update_nic_stats(struct efx_nic *efx)
 
 static void siena_update_nic_stats(struct efx_nic *efx)
 {
-	while (siena_try_update_nic_stats(efx) == -EAGAIN)
-		cpu_relax();
+	int retry;
+
+	/* If we're unlucky enough to read statistics wduring the DMA, wait
+	 * up to 10ms for it to finish (typically takes <500us) */
+	for (retry = 0; retry < 100; ++retry) {
+		if (siena_try_update_nic_stats(efx) == 0)
+			return;
+		udelay(100);
+	}
+
+	/* Use the old values instead */
 }
 
 static void siena_start_nic_stats(struct efx_nic *efx)
-- 
1.6.2.5


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Ben Hutchings, Senior Software Engineer, Solarflare Communications
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