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From: Francois Romieu <romieu@fr.zoreil.com>
To: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Cc: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, nic_swsd@realtek.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Armin Kazmi <armin.kazmi@tu-dortmund.de>,
	Gerd <booster@wolke7.net>
Subject: Re: [bug?] r8169: hangs under heavy load
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2011 01:44:47 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111126004447.GA14744@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1322262357.2550.12.camel@edumazet-laptop>

Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> :
> Le vendredi 25 novembre 2011 ?? 23:22 +0100, Francois Romieu a ??crit :
[...]
> > This path is not used.
> 
> OK, then we receive a RxFIFOOver indication while napi handler is
> running (quite possible if machine under network load)

Welcome to the post 92fc43b4159b518f5baae57301f26d770b0834c9 world. :o/

The hack below could help (the XID matches RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_22):

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
index 6f06aa1..4fcfb3f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
@@ -5818,7 +5818,6 @@ static irqreturn_t rtl8169_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_instance)
 			switch (tp->mac_version) {
 			/* Work around for rx fifo overflow */
 			case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_11:
-			case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_22:
 			case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_26:
 				netif_stop_queue(dev);
 				rtl8169_tx_timeout(dev);
@@ -5835,6 +5834,7 @@ static irqreturn_t rtl8169_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_instance)
 			case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_31:
 			/* Experimental science. Pktgen proof. */
 			case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_12:
+			case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_22:
 			case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_25:
 				if (status == RxFIFOOver)
 					goto done;


Traffic may stop flowing though. The patch below should be better:

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
index 6f06aa1..54be9e1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
@@ -5820,8 +5820,7 @@ static irqreturn_t rtl8169_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_instance)
 			case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_11:
 			case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_22:
 			case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_26:
-				netif_stop_queue(dev);
-				rtl8169_tx_timeout(dev);
+				rtl8169_schedule_work(dev, rtl8169_reset_task);
 				goto done;
 			/* Testers needed. */
 			case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_17:

-- 
Ueimor

  reply	other threads:[~2011-11-26  0:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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     [not found]     ` <1317254171.4068.12.camel@deadeye>
     [not found]       ` <20111124044137.GA18262@elie.hsd1.il.comcast.net>
     [not found]         ` <4ECFE7A7.5070300@wolke7.net>
2011-11-25 20:19           ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-11-25 20:31             ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-11-25 20:32             ` Eric Dumazet
2011-11-25 20:54               ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-11-25 21:05                 ` Eric Dumazet
2011-11-25 22:22               ` Francois Romieu
2011-11-25 23:05                 ` Eric Dumazet
2011-11-26  0:44                   ` Francois Romieu [this message]
2011-11-26  4:07                     ` Eric Dumazet
2011-11-27  9:28                       ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-11-27 21:02                         ` booster
2011-11-27 23:11                           ` Francois Romieu
2011-11-29  6:47                             ` hayeswang
2011-11-29 10:54                               ` Francois Romieu
2011-11-29 19:56                                 ` booster
2011-12-01 10:20                                   ` Francois Romieu
2011-12-01 20:42                                     ` booster
2011-12-01 22:26                                       ` Francois Romieu
2011-12-05  6:30                                         ` [PATCH 1/2] r8169: Rx FIFO overflow fixes Francois Romieu
2011-12-05 23:45                                           ` David Miller
2012-02-20  2:37                                           ` Jonathan Nieder
2012-02-20 23:22                                             ` Francois Romieu
2011-12-05  6:30                                         ` [PATCH 2/2] r8169: fix Rx index race between FIFO overflow recovery and NAPI handler Francois Romieu
2011-12-05 23:45                                           ` David Miller
2011-12-02  2:21                                 ` [bug?] r8169: hangs under heavy load hayeswang

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