The vxge driver will drop a packet in its transmit function if the number
of TxDs available hits 0. Instead of doing that, simply stop the transmit
queue when transmitting a packet with the last available TxD.
Signed-off-by: Benjamin LaHaise <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Sreenivasa Honnur <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Ramkrishna Vepa <redacted>
---
drivers/net/vxge/vxge-main.c | 6 ++++++
1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/vxge/vxge-main.c b/drivers/net/vxge/vxge-main.c
index 7b5402b..7c2241c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxge/vxge-main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxge/vxge-main.c
@@ -895,6 +895,12 @@ vxge_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
goto _exit2;
}
+ /* Last TXD? Stop tx queue to avoid dropping packets. TX
+ * completion will resume the queue.
+ */
+ if (avail == 1)
+ vxge_stop_tx_queue(fifo);
+
status = vxge_hw_fifo_txdl_reserve(fifo_hw, &dtr, &dtr_priv);
if (unlikely(status != VXGE_HW_OK)) {
vxge_debug_tx(VXGE_ERR,--
1.6.0.6