netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] ethernet:arc: Fix racing of TX ring buffer

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Message-ID: <5757CF30.2020603@gmx.de>
Date:	Wed, 8 Jun 2016 09:54:24 +0200
From:	Lino Sanfilippo <LinoSanfilippo@....de>
To:	Shuyu Wei <wsy2220@...il.com>
Cc:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, wxt@...k-chips.com,
	heiko@...ech.de, linux-rockchip@...ts.infradead.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, al.kochet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ethernet:arc: Fix racing of TX ring buffer


Hi Shuyu,

On 05.06.2016 16:02, Shuyu Wei wrote:
> Hi Lino,
> Sorry for my late reply. I retested the previous patch, it did have
> the same issue. However it seems that the possibility of stuck is lower
> (just my instinct, no evidence).
> 

Thank you for the feedback. It is hard to guess what is still going wrong.
But if you - as I assume - dont see this issue with the original code (as it is
in net-next) there is still something wrong with the changes we made. So we
probably should leave the code as it is for now.

Regards,
Lino