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Message-Id: <20110412.154642.200375628.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:46:42 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	blogic@...nwrt.org
Cc:	ralf@...ux-mips.org, ralph.hempel@...tiq.com,
	linux-mips@...ux-mips.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] MIPS: lantiq: add ethernet driver

From: John Crispin <blogic@...nwrt.org>
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:11:14 +0200

> This patch adds the driver for the ETOP Packet Processing Engine (PPE32) found
> inside the XWAY family of Lantiq MIPS SoCs. This driver makes 100MBit ethernet
> work. Support for all 8 dma channels, gbit and the embedded switch found on
> the ar9/vr9 still needs to be implemented.
> 
> Signed-off-by: John Crispin <blogic@...nwrt.org>
> Signed-off-by: Ralph Hempel <ralph.hempel@...tiq.com>

This driver needs some work.

> +
> +	skb_put(skb, len);
> +	skb->dev = dev;
> +	skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, dev);
> +	netif_rx(skb);
> +	priv->stats.rx_packets++;
> +	priv->stats.rx_bytes += len;

Please convert this driver to use NAPI for packet reception.

> +	local_irq_save(flags);
> +	priv->rx_tasklet_running = 0;
> +	if (priv->rx_channel_mask) {
> +		priv->rx_tasklet_running = 1;
> +		tasklet_schedule(&priv->rx_tasklet);
> +	}
> +	local_irq_restore(flags);

This doesn't protect anything, use proper locking.
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