Re: [PATCH 1/2 net] ibmvnic: Fix overflowing firmware/hardware TX queue

2017-03-07 Thread David Miller
From: Thomas Falcon Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2017 12:18:41 -0600 > Use a counter to track the number of outstanding transmissions sent > that have not received completions. If the counter reaches the maximum > number of queue entries, stop transmissions on that queue. As we receive > more completions f

[PATCH 1/2 net] ibmvnic: Fix overflowing firmware/hardware TX queue

2017-03-05 Thread Thomas Falcon
Use a counter to track the number of outstanding transmissions sent that have not received completions. If the counter reaches the maximum number of queue entries, stop transmissions on that queue. As we receive more completions from firmware, wake the queue once the counter reaches an acceptable

[PATCH 1/2 net] ibmvnic: Fix overflowing firmware/hardware TX queue

2017-03-05 Thread Thomas Falcon
Use a counter to track the number of outstanding transmissions sent that have not received completions. If the counter reaches the maximum number of queue entries, stop transmissions on that queue. As we receive more completions from firmware, wake the queue once the counter reaches an acceptable