velocity_open() calls velocity_give_many_rx_descs(), which gives RX
descriptors to the NIC, before installing an interrupt handler or
calling velocity_init_registers(). I think this is very unsafe and it
appears to explain the bug report <http://bugs.debian.org/508527>.
On MTU change, velocity_give_many_rx_descs() is again called before
velocity_init_registers(). I'm not sure whether this is unsafe but
it does look wrong.
Therefore, move the calls to velocity_give_many_rx_descs() after
request_irq() and velocity_init_registers().
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk>
---
This is untested; I don't have this hardware.
Ben.
drivers/net/via-velocity.c | 8 ++++----
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/via-velocity.c b/drivers/net/via-velocity.c
index 4ceb441..c93f58f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/via-velocity.c
+++ b/drivers/net/via-velocity.c
@@ -2237,8 +2237,6 @@ static int velocity_open(struct net_device *dev)
/* Ensure chip is running */
pci_set_power_state(vptr->pdev, PCI_D0);
- velocity_give_many_rx_descs(vptr);
-
velocity_init_registers(vptr, VELOCITY_INIT_COLD);
ret = request_irq(vptr->pdev->irq, velocity_intr, IRQF_SHARED,
@@ -2250,6 +2248,8 @@ static int velocity_open(struct net_device *dev)
goto out;
}
+ velocity_give_many_rx_descs(vptr);
+
mac_enable_int(vptr->mac_regs);
netif_start_queue(dev);
napi_enable(&vptr->napi);
@@ -2339,10 +2339,10 @@ static int velocity_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev,
int new_mtu)
dev->mtu = new_mtu;
- velocity_give_many_rx_descs(vptr);
-
velocity_init_registers(vptr, VELOCITY_INIT_COLD);
+ velocity_give_many_rx_descs(vptr);
+
mac_enable_int(vptr->mac_regs);
netif_start_queue(dev);
--
1.6.5.4
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