[patch 15/21] forcdeth: increase max_interrupt_work
From: akpm@linux-foundation.org
Date: 2008-09-22 21:58:11
From: Joe Korty <redacted> This eliminates the following often-generated warning from my 64 bit Opteron SMP test stand: eth0: too many iterations (6) in nv_nic_irq According to the web, the problem is that the forcedeth driver has a too-low value for max_interrupt_work. Grepping the kernel I see that forcedeth has the second lowest value of all ethernet drivers (ie, 6). Most are in the 20-40 range. So this patch increases this a bit, from 6 to 15 (at 15 forcedeth becomes the driver with third-lowest max_interrupt_work value). My test stand, which used to print out the above warnings repetitively whenever it was under heavy net load, no longer does so. Signed-off-by: Joe Korty <redacted> Cc: Ayaz Abdulla <redacted> Cc: Jeff Garzik <redacted> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> --- drivers/net/forcedeth.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN drivers/net/forcedeth.c~forcdeth-increase-max_interrupt_work drivers/net/forcedeth.c
--- a/drivers/net/forcedeth.c~forcdeth-increase-max_interrupt_work
+++ a/drivers/net/forcedeth.c@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ struct fe_priv { * Maximum number of loops until we assume that a bit in the irq mask * is stuck. Overridable with module param. */ -static int max_interrupt_work = 5; +static int max_interrupt_work = 15; /* * Optimization can be either throuput mode or cpu mode
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