Re: [PATCH v5] net: ethernet: add driver for Aurora VLSI NB8800 Ethernet controller

["Måns Rullgård" <mans@mansr.com>]

Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> writes:

> On Tue, 2015-11-10 at 16:14 +0000, Mans Rullgard wrote:
>> This adds a driver for the Aurora VLSI NB8800 Ethernet controller.
>> It is an almost complete rewrite of a driver originally found in
>> a Sigma Designs 2.6.22 tree.
>
> ...
>
>> +
>> +static int nb8800_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
>> +{
>> +	struct nb8800_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
>> +	struct nb8800_tx_desc *txd;
>> +	struct nb8800_tx_buf *txb;
>> +	struct nb8800_dma_desc *dma;
>> +	dma_addr_t dma_addr;
>> +	unsigned int dma_len;
>> +	unsigned long flags;
>> +	int align;
>> +	int next;
>> +
>> +	if (atomic_read(&priv->tx_free) <= NB8800_DESC_LOW) {
>> +		netif_stop_queue(dev);
>> +		return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	align = (8 - (uintptr_t)skb->data) & 7;
>> +
>> +	dma_len = skb->len - align;
>> +	dma_addr = dma_map_single(&dev->dev, skb->data + align,
>> +				  dma_len, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
>> +
>> +	if (dma_mapping_error(&dev->dev, dma_addr)) {
>> +		netdev_err(dev, "tx dma mapping error\n");
>> +		kfree_skb(skb);
>> +		dev->stats.tx_dropped++;
>> +		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	if (atomic_dec_return(&priv->tx_free) <= NB8800_DESC_LOW)
>> +		netif_stop_queue(dev);
>
> You probably also want to clear skb->xmit_more or risk a stall

Very true, will fix.

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Måns Rullgård
mans@mansr.com