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net/sonic: Avoid needless receive descriptor EOL flag updates
authorFinn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au>
Wed, 22 Jan 2020 22:07:26 +0000 (09:07 +1100)
committerKhalid Elmously <khalid.elmously@canonical.com>
Fri, 6 Mar 2020 07:25:26 +0000 (02:25 -0500)
commitaf227b7933b4a5f377bc748ab29c4f36f112d9f3
treed51f4a9a635dfda2d5575b975b174c4af381270d
parent3ea3f2d91fa0cbf11069b6d63012a3fac470a2de
net/sonic: Avoid needless receive descriptor EOL flag updates

BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1864710
commit eaabfd19b2c787bbe88dc32424b9a43d67293422 upstream.

The while loop in sonic_rx() traverses the rx descriptor ring. It stops
when it reaches a descriptor that the SONIC has not used. Each iteration
advances the EOL flag so the SONIC can keep using more descriptors.
Therefore, the while loop has no definite termination condition.

The algorithm described in the National Semiconductor literature is quite
different. It consumes descriptors up to the one with its EOL flag set
(which will also have its "in use" flag set). All freed descriptors are
then returned to the ring at once, by adjusting the EOL flags (and link
pointers).

Adopt the algorithm from datasheet as it's simpler, terminates quickly
and avoids a lot of pointless descriptor EOL flag changes.

Fixes: efcce839360f ("[PATCH] macsonic/jazzsonic network drivers update")
Tested-by: Stan Johnson <userm57@yahoo.com>
Signed-off-by: Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Khalid Elmously <khalid.elmously@canonical.com>
drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/sonic.c