netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/1] net: fec: clear receive interrupts before processing a packet

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Date:	Wed, 2 Sep 2015 11:40:15 +0200
From:	Philippe De Muyter <phdm@...q.eu>
To:	Fugang Duan <b38611@...escale.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux@....linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/1] net: fec: clear receive interrupts before
	processing a packet

On Wed, Sep 02, 2015 at 05:24:14PM +0800, Fugang Duan wrote:
> From: Russell King <rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk>
> 
> The patch just to re-submit the patch "db3421c114cfa6326" because the
> patch "4d494cdc92b3b9a0" remove the change.

I think you should mention also the titles of the commits.

And maybe send it also to stable.
> 
> Clear any pending receive interrupt before we process a pending packet.
> This helps to avoid any spurious interrupts being raised after we have
> fully cleaned the receive ring, while still allowing an interrupt to be
> raised if we receive another packet.
> 
> The position of this is critical: we must do this prior to reading the
> next packet status to avoid potentially dropping an interrupt when a
> packet is still pending.
> 
> Acked-by: Fugang Duan <B38611@...escale.com>
> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
> index 1f89c59..6bed0ff 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
> @@ -1400,6 +1400,7 @@ fec_enet_rx_queue(struct net_device *ndev, int budget, u16 queue_id)
>  		if ((status & BD_ENET_RX_LAST) == 0)
>  			netdev_err(ndev, "rcv is not +last\n");
>  
Could a comment be added here to avoid another future removal ?

> +		writel(FEC_ENET_RXF, fep->hwp + FEC_IEVENT);
>  
>  		/* Check for errors. */
>  		if (status & (BD_ENET_RX_LG | BD_ENET_RX_SH | BD_ENET_RX_NO |
> -- 
> 1.9.1

Philippe
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