This fix was already merged in commit 96f9c2e277768099479fbed7c3b69c294b1fadef
but reverted in commit 989316ddfeafd0e8fb51a4d811383769ad62637a. After
stresstesting we found that the fix does not add new regressions and
works around a TX hang spotted by several users.
Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Auke Kok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++--
1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c b/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
index e628126..ebc9d71 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
@@ -1287,6 +1287,9 @@ ixgb_tx_map(struct ixgb_adapter *adapter
struct ixgb_buffer *buffer_info;
int len = skb->len;
unsigned int offset = 0, size, count = 0, i;
+#ifdef NETIF_F_TSO
+ unsigned int mss = skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size;
+#endif
unsigned int nr_frags = skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags;
unsigned int f;
@@ -1298,6 +1301,12 @@ ixgb_tx_map(struct ixgb_adapter *adapter
while(len) {
buffer_info = &tx_ring->buffer_info[i];
size = min(len, IXGB_MAX_DATA_PER_TXD);
+#ifdef NETIF_F_TSO
+ /* Workaround for premature desc write-backs
+ * in TSO mode. Append 4-byte sentinel desc */
+ if (unlikely(mss && !nr_frags && size == len && size > 8))
+ size -= 4;
+#endif
buffer_info->length = size;
WARN_ON(buffer_info->dma != 0);
buffer_info->dma =
@@ -1324,6 +1333,13 @@ ixgb_tx_map(struct ixgb_adapter *adapter
while(len) {
buffer_info = &tx_ring->buffer_info[i];
size = min(len, IXGB_MAX_DATA_PER_TXD);
+#ifdef NETIF_F_TSO
+ /* Workaround for premature desc write-backs
+ * in TSO mode. Append 4-byte sentinel desc */
+ if (unlikely(mss && !nr_frags && size == len
+ && size > 8))
+ size -= 4;
+#endif
buffer_info->length = size;
buffer_info->dma =
pci_map_page(adapter->pdev,
@@ -1401,8 +1417,9 @@ ixgb_tx_queue(struct ixgb_adapter *adapt
/* Tx Descriptors needed, worst case */
#define TXD_USE_COUNT(S) (((S) >> IXGB_MAX_TXD_PWR) + \
(((S) & (IXGB_MAX_DATA_PER_TXD - 1)) ? 1 : 0))
-#define DESC_NEEDED TXD_USE_COUNT(IXGB_MAX_DATA_PER_TXD) + \
- MAX_SKB_FRAGS * TXD_USE_COUNT(PAGE_SIZE) + 1
+#define DESC_NEEDED TXD_USE_COUNT(IXGB_MAX_DATA_PER_TXD) /* skb->date */ + \
+ MAX_SKB_FRAGS * TXD_USE_COUNT(PAGE_SIZE) + 1 /* for context */ \
+ + 1 /* one more needed for sentinel TSO workaround */
static int
ixgb_xmit_frame(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
---
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