[PATCH 071/105] 8139cp: reset BQL when ring tx ring cleared

From: Kamal Mostafa
Date: Fri Jun 28 2013 - 14:55:07 EST


3.8.13.4 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: stephen hemminger <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit 98962baad72fd6d393bf39dbb7c2076532c363c6 ]

This patch cures transmit timeout's with DHCP observed
while running under KVM. When the transmit ring is cleaned out,
the Byte Queue Limit values need to be reset.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139cp.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139cp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139cp.c
index 5ac9332..f945393 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139cp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139cp.c
@@ -1136,6 +1136,7 @@ static void cp_clean_rings (struct cp_private *cp)
cp->dev->stats.tx_dropped++;
}
}
+ netdev_reset_queue(cp->dev);

memset(cp->rx_ring, 0, sizeof(struct cp_desc) * CP_RX_RING_SIZE);
memset(cp->tx_ring, 0, sizeof(struct cp_desc) * CP_TX_RING_SIZE);
--
1.8.1.2

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