From: Suresh Reddy <redacted>
When an RXQ is created in be_open(), the driver currently posts only
64 buffers. This sometimes results in packet drops when there is a traffic
burst as soon as the interface is enabled.
This patch fixes this problem by posting the full RXQ on interface enable.
Signed-off-by: Suresh Reddy <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Sathya Perla <redacted>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
index 66749d0..f6a226e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
@@ -3324,9 +3324,12 @@ static int be_rx_qs_create(struct be_adapter *adapter)
memcpy(rss->rss_hkey, rss_key, RSS_HASH_KEY_LEN);
- /* First time posting */
+ /* Post 1 less than RXQ-len to avoid head being equal to tail,
+ * which is a queue empty condition
+ */
for_all_rx_queues(adapter, rxo, i)
- be_post_rx_frags(rxo, GFP_KERNEL, MAX_RX_POST);
+ be_post_rx_frags(rxo, GFP_KERNEL, RX_Q_LEN - 1);
+
return 0;
}
--
2.2.0