Sander reported a regression (kernel panic, see[1]), therefore let's revert these commits. Removal of the barriers doesn't seem to contribute to the issue, the patch just overlaps with the problematic one and only reverting both patches was tested.
[1] https://marc.info/?t=154965066400001&r=1&w=2 v2: - improve commit message Heiner Kallweit (2): Revert "r8169: remove unneeded mmiowb barriers" Revert "r8169: make use of xmit_more and __netdev_sent_queue" drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c | 21 ++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) -- 2.20.1
