netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] drivers: net: xgene: fix Tx flow control

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Date:	Thu, 17 Dec 2015 15:46:05 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	isubramanian@....com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	patches@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] drivers: net: xgene: fix Tx flow control

From: Iyappan Subramanian <isubramanian@....com>
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 22:26:05 -0800

> Currently the Tx flow control is based on reading the hardware state,
> which is not accurate since it may not reflect the descriptors that
> are not yet reached the memory.
> 
> To accurately control the Tx flow, changing it to be software based.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Iyappan Subramanian <isubramanian@....com>
> ---
> 
> v2: Address v1 review comments
> 	- Removed use of atomic_t
> 	- Added tx_level and txc_level counters to pdata
> 
> v1: Initial version

Applied, thanks.
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