netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: renesas: ravb: Fix a stuck issue when a lot of frames are received

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Date:   Wed, 21 Apr 2021 21:14:37 +0300
From:   Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...il.com>
To:     patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org,
        Yoshihiro Shimoda <yoshihiro.shimoda.uh@...esas.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: renesas: ravb: Fix a stuck issue when a lot of
 frames are received

Hello!

On 4/21/21 9:00 PM, patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org wrote:

[...]
>> When a lot of frames were received in the short term, the driver
>> caused a stuck of receiving until a new frame was received. For example,
>> the following command from other device could cause this issue.
>>
>>     $ sudo ping -f -l 1000 -c 1000 <this driver's ipaddress>
>>
>> The previous code always cleared the interrupt flag of RX but checks
>> the interrupt flags in ravb_poll(). So, ravb_poll() could not call
>> ravb_rx() in the next time until a new RX frame was received if
>> ravb_rx() returned true. To fix the issue, always calls ravb_rx()
>> regardless the interrupt flags condition.
>>
>> [...]
> 
> Here is the summary with links:
>   - net: renesas: ravb: Fix a stuck issue when a lot of frames are received
>     https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/5718458b092b
> 
> You are awesome, thank you!

   WTF is this rush?! :-/
   I was going to review this patch (it didn't look well to me from th 1s glance)...

[...]

MBR, Sergei