]> git.karo-electronics.de Git - karo-tx-linux.git/commitdiff
bnxt_en: Fix tx push race condition.
authorMichael Chan <michael.chan@broadcom.com>
Mon, 6 Jun 2016 06:37:14 +0000 (02:37 -0400)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Tue, 7 Jun 2016 23:02:03 +0000 (16:02 -0700)
Set the is_push flag in the software BD before the tx data is pushed to
the chip.  It is possible to get the tx interrupt as soon as the tx data
is pushed.  The tx handler will not handle the event properly if the
is_push flag is not set and it will crash.

Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <michael.chan@broadocm.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c

index 72a2efff8e494c7f077b2ee1311bdd54e857ca03..4615ed4311e8b8ba10c9e7d897c41cf2bbc2bba5 100644 (file)
@@ -286,7 +286,9 @@ static netdev_tx_t bnxt_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
                        cpu_to_le32(DB_KEY_TX_PUSH | DB_LONG_TX_PUSH | prod);
                txr->tx_prod = prod;
 
+               tx_buf->is_push = 1;
                netdev_tx_sent_queue(txq, skb->len);
+               wmb();  /* Sync is_push and byte queue before pushing data */
 
                push_len = (length + sizeof(*tx_push) + 7) / 8;
                if (push_len > 16) {
@@ -298,7 +300,6 @@ static netdev_tx_t bnxt_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
                                         push_len);
                }
 
-               tx_buf->is_push = 1;
                goto tx_done;
        }