Thread (22 messages) 22 messages, 2 authors, 2013-12-23

Re: [PATCH net v4 3/4] r8152: support stopping/waking tx queue

From: David Miller <hidden>
Date: 2013-11-19 20:25:41
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From: Hayes Wang <redacted>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 11:25:10 +0800
The maximum packet number which a tx aggregation buffer could contain
is the buffer size / (packet size + descriptor size).

If the tx buffer is empty and the tx queue length is more than the
maximum value which is defined above, stop the tx queue. Wake the tx
queue after any queued packet is filled in a available tx buffer.

Signed-off-by: Hayes Wang <redacted>
This is racy.

You have nothing which synchronizes r8152_tx_agg_fill() and rtl8152_start_xmit(),
therefore:
+	if (netif_queue_stopped(tp->netdev))
+		netif_wake_queue(tp->netdev);
+
A netif_stop_queue() can occur right after the netif_queue_stopped() check,
meaning you can end up with the queue being stopped forever and the TX queue
stuck.

I am finding this patch series _very_ tiring, every single time I take
the time to review it, I find major problems.
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