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Message-ID: <1314078115-8121-2-git-send-email-sathya.perla@emulex.com>
Date:	Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:11:51 +0530
From:	Sathya Perla <sathya.perla@...lex.com>
To:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 1/5] be2net: Fix race in posting rx buffers.

There is a possibility of be_post_rx_frags() being called simultaneously from
both be_worker() (when rx_post_starved) and be_poll_rx() (when rxq->used is 0).
This can be avoided by posting rx buffers only when some completions have been
reaped.

Signed-off-by: Sathya Perla <sathya.perla@...lex.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
index ef62594..09eb699 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
@@ -1862,7 +1862,7 @@ loop_continue:
 	}
 
 	/* Refill the queue */
-	if (atomic_read(&rxo->q.used) < RX_FRAGS_REFILL_WM)
+	if (work_done && atomic_read(&rxo->q.used) < RX_FRAGS_REFILL_WM)
 		be_post_rx_frags(rxo, GFP_ATOMIC);
 
 	/* All consumed */
-- 
1.7.4

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