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[net-next,2/6] ixgbevf: Check if EOP has changed before using it

Message ID 1314428971-7676-3-git-send-email-jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Commit Message

Kirsher, Jeffrey T Aug. 27, 2011, 7:09 a.m. UTC 
From: Greg Rose <gregory.v.rose@intel.com>

There is a chance that between the time EOP is read and the time it is
used another transmit on a different CPU could have run and completed,
thus leaving EOP in a bad state.

Signed-off-by: Greg Rose <gregory.v.rose@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c |    4 ++++
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
index b1e1c2d..936532f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@  static bool ixgbevf_clean_tx_irq(struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter,
 	       (count < tx_ring->work_limit)) {
 		bool cleaned = false;
 		rmb(); /* read buffer_info after eop_desc */
+		/* eop could change between read and DD-check */
+		if (unlikely(eop != tx_ring->tx_buffer_info[i].next_to_watch))
+			goto cont_loop;
 		for ( ; !cleaned; count++) {
 			struct sk_buff *skb;
 			tx_desc = IXGBE_TX_DESC_ADV(*tx_ring, i);
@@ -232,6 +235,7 @@  static bool ixgbevf_clean_tx_irq(struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter,
 				i = 0;
 		}
 
+cont_loop:
 		eop = tx_ring->tx_buffer_info[i].next_to_watch;
 		eop_desc = IXGBE_TX_DESC_ADV(*tx_ring, eop);
 	}