Thread (14 messages) 14 messages, 2 authors, 2015-05-05

[PATCH net-next 06/10] be2net: post full RXQ on interface enable

From: Sathya Perla <hidden>
Date: 2015-05-04 06:59:41
Subsystem: emulex 10gbps nic be2, be3-r, lancer, skyhawk-r driver (be2net), networking drivers, the rest · Maintainers: Ajit Khaparde, Sriharsha Basavapatna, Andrew Lunn, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds

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
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