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Message-ID: <2552F74A0BCCBE4DBE2AD218C81B281108518A6A@avmb3.qlogic.org>
Date:	Fri, 7 Aug 2015 18:35:43 +0000
From:	Rasesh Mody <rasesh.mody@...gic.com>
To:	Ivan Vecera <ivecera@...hat.com>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net] bna: fix interrupts storm caused by erroneous
 packets

> From: Ivan Vecera [mailto:ivecera@...hat.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2015 1:48 PM
> 
> The commit "e29aa33 bna: Enable Multi Buffer RX" moved packets counter
> increment from the beginning of the NAPI processing loop after the check
> for erroneous packets so they are never accounted. This counter is used to
> inform firmware about number of processed completions (packets).
> As these packets are never acked the firmware fires IRQs for them again and
> again.
> 
> Fixes: e29aa33 bna: Enable Multi Buffer RX
> Signed-off-by: Ivan Vecera <ivecera@...hat.com>

Acked-by: Rasesh Mody <rasesh.mody@...gic.com>

Thanks!
Rasesh
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