netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/1] altera tse: Fix network-delays and -retransmissions after high throughput.

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Date:	Fri, 17 Apr 2015 15:13:45 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ennoerlangen@...glemail.com
Cc:	vbridger@...nsource.altera.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	nios2-dev@...ts.rocketboards.org, ennoerlangen@...il.com,
	andreas@...ken.name
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] altera tse: Fix network-delays and
 -retransmissions after high throughput.

From: Andreas Oetken <ennoerlangen@...glemail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 23:48:08 +0200

> From: Andreas Oetken <andreas@...ken.name>
> 
> Fix bug which occurs when more than <limit> packets are available during
> napi-poll, leading to "delays" and retransmissions on the network.
> 
> Check for (count < limit) before checking the get_rx_status in tse_rx-function.
> Function get_rx_status is reading from the response-fifo.
> If there is currently a response in the fifo,
> reading the last byte of the response pops the value from the fifo.
> If the limit is checked as second condition
> and the limit is reached the fifo is popped but the packet is not processed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Oetken <ennoerlangen@...il.com>

Applied, thanks.
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