netdev - Re: [PATCH net] amd-xgbe: Prevent Tx cleanup stall

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Date:	Tue, 09 Dec 2014 14:48:21 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	thomas.lendacky@....com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] amd-xgbe: Prevent Tx cleanup stall

From: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2014 11:52:35 -0600

> When performing Tx cleanup, the dirty index counter is compared to the
> current index counter as one of the tests used to determine when to stop
> cleanup. The "less than" test will fail when the current index counter
> rolls over to zero causing cleanup to never occur again. Update the test
> to a "not equal" to avoid this situation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>

Applied.
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