vxge: don't drop frame on tx queue full
The vxge driver will drop a packet in its transmit function if the number
of TxDs available hits 0. Instead of doing that, simply stop the transmit
queue when transmitting a packet with the last available TxD.
Signed-off-by: Benjamin LaHaise <ben.lahaise@neterion.com>
Signed-off-by: Sreenivasa Honnur <sreenivasa.honnur@neterion.com>
Signed-off-by: Ramkrishna Vepa <ram.vepa@neterion.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/drivers/net/vxge/vxge-main.c b/drivers/net/vxge/vxge-main.c
index 335140d..beee4ab 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxge/vxge-main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxge/vxge-main.c
@@ -895,6 +895,12 @@
goto _exit2;
}
+ /* Last TXD? Stop tx queue to avoid dropping packets. TX
+ * completion will resume the queue.
+ */
+ if (avail == 1)
+ vxge_stop_tx_queue(fifo);
+
status = vxge_hw_fifo_txdl_reserve(fifo_hw, &dtr, &dtr_priv);
if (unlikely(status != VXGE_HW_OK)) {
vxge_debug_tx(VXGE_ERR,
