This code makes transmit path and transmit reset safer by:
   * adding memory barrier before checking available ring slots
   * reseting state of tx ring elements after free
   * seperate cleanup function from ring done function
   * removing mostly unused tx_next element

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger<redacted>

---
Please apply this instead of the various bits and pieces flying
around labeled as sky2 panic under load

--- a/drivers/net/sky2.c	2010-01-11 10:49:50.907113126 -0800
+++ b/drivers/net/sky2.c	2010-01-11 17:36:22.027429875 -0800

@@ -1596,6 +1596,9 @@ static inline int tx_inuse(const struct
  /* Number of list elements available for next tx */
  static inline int tx_avail(const struct sky2_port *sky2)
  {
+	/* Makes sure update of tx_prod from start_xmit and
+	   tx_cons from tx_done are seen. */
+	smp_mb();
  	return sky2->tx_pending - tx_inuse(sky2);
  }

@@ -1618,8 +1621,7 @@ static unsigned tx_le_req(const struct s
  	return count;
  }

-static void sky2_tx_unmap(struct pci_dev *pdev,
-			  const struct tx_ring_info *re)
+static void sky2_tx_unmap(struct pci_dev *pdev, struct tx_ring_info *re)
  {
  	if (re->flags&  TX_MAP_SINGLE)
  		pci_unmap_single(pdev, pci_unmap_addr(re, mapaddr),

@@ -1629,6 +1631,7 @@ static void sky2_tx_unmap(struct pci_dev
  		pci_unmap_page(pdev, pci_unmap_addr(re, mapaddr),
  			       pci_unmap_len(re, maplen),
  			       PCI_DMA_TODEVICE);
+	re->flags = 0;
  }

  /*

@@ -1804,7 +1807,8 @@ mapping_error:
  }

  /*
- * Free ring elements from starting at tx_cons until "done"
+ * Transmit complete processing
+ * Free ring elements from starting at tx_cons until done index
   *
   * NB:
   *  1. The hardware will tell us about partial completion of multi-part

@@ -1813,9 +1817,9 @@ mapping_error:
   *     looks at the tail of the queue of FIFO (tx_cons), not
   *     the head (tx_prod)
   */
-static void sky2_tx_complete(struct sky2_port *sky2, u16 done)
+static void sky2_tx_done(struct net_device *dev, u16 done)
  {
-	struct net_device *dev = sky2->netdev;
+	struct sky2_port *sky2 = netdev_priv(dev);
  	unsigned idx;

  	BUG_ON(done>= sky2->tx_ring_size);

@@ -1828,6 +1832,8 @@ static void sky2_tx_complete(struct sky2
  		sky2_tx_unmap(sky2->hw->pdev, re);

  		if (skb) {
+			re->skb = NULL;
+
  			if (unlikely(netif_msg_tx_done(sky2)))
  				printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: tx done %u\n",
  				       dev->name, idx);

@@ -1836,13 +1842,10 @@ static void sky2_tx_complete(struct sky2
  			dev->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;

  			dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
-
-			sky2->tx_next = RING_NEXT(idx, sky2->tx_ring_size);
  		}
  	}

  	sky2->tx_cons = idx;
-	smp_mb();

  	if (tx_avail(sky2)>  MAX_SKB_TX_LE + 4)
  		netif_wake_queue(dev);

@@ -1870,6 +1873,21 @@ static void sky2_tx_reset(struct sky2_hw
  	sky2_write8(hw, SK_REG(port, TX_GMF_CTRL_T), GMF_RST_SET);
  }

+static void sky2_tx_clean(struct sky2_port *sky2)
+{
+	u16 idx;
+
+	for (idx = 0; idx<  sky2->tx_ring_size; idx++) {
+		struct tx_ring_info *re = sky2->tx_ring + idx;
+
+		sky2_tx_unmap(sky2->hw->pdev, re);
+		if (re->skb) {
+			dev_kfree_skb_any(re->skb);
+			re->skb = NULL;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
  /* Network shutdown */
  static int sky2_down(struct net_device *dev)
  {

@@ -1933,8 +1951,7 @@ static int sky2_down(struct net_device *
  	sky2_tx_reset(hw, port);

  	/* Free any pending frames stuck in HW queue */
-	sky2_tx_complete(sky2, sky2->tx_prod);
-
+	sky2_tx_clean(sky2);
  	sky2_rx_clean(sky2);

  	sky2_free_buffers(sky2);

@@ -2411,15 +2428,6 @@ error:
  	goto resubmit;
  }

-/* Transmit complete */
-static inline void sky2_tx_done(struct net_device *dev, u16 last)
-{
-	struct sky2_port *sky2 = netdev_priv(dev);
-
-	if (netif_running(dev))
-		sky2_tx_complete(sky2, last);
-}
-
  static inline void sky2_skb_rx(const struct sky2_port *sky2,
  			       u32 status, struct sk_buff *skb)
  {

@@ -4201,7 +4209,7 @@ static int sky2_debug_show(struct seq_fi

  	/* Dump contents of tx ring */
  	sop = 1;
-	for (idx = sky2->tx_next; idx != sky2->tx_prod&&  idx<  sky2->tx_ring_size;
+	for (idx = sky2->tx_cons; idx != sky2->tx_prod&&  idx<  sky2->tx_ring_size;
  	     idx = RING_NEXT(idx, sky2->tx_ring_size)) {
  		const struct sky2_tx_le *le = sky2->tx_le + idx;
  		u32 a = le32_to_cpu(le->addr);
--- a/drivers/net/sky2.h	2010-01-11 17:29:22.817088617 -0800
+++ b/drivers/net/sky2.h	2010-01-11 17:29:28.197120484 -0800

@@ -2187,7 +2187,6 @@ struct sky2_port {
  	u16		     tx_ring_size;
  	u16		     tx_cons;		/* next le to check */
  	u16		     tx_prod;		/* next le to use */
-	u16		     tx_next;		/* debug only */

  	u16		     tx_pending;
  	u16		     tx_last_mss;