netdev - Re: [PATCH net] bna: fix interrupts storm caused by erroneous packets

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Date:	Mon, 10 Aug 2015 10:58:23 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ivecera@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, rasesh.mody@...gic.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] bna: fix interrupts storm caused by erroneous
 packets

From: Ivan Vecera <ivecera@...hat.com>
Date: Thu,  6 Aug 2015 22:48:23 +0200

> 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>

Applied, thanks.
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