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gianfar: Fix race between gfar_error() and gfar_start_xmit()

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gfar_error() can arrive at the middle of gfar_start_xmit() processing,
and so it can trigger transfers of BDs that we don't yet expect to
be transmitted.

Fix this by locking the tx queues in gfar_error().

Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov@ru.mvista.com>
Acked-by: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Anton Vorontsov 2009-11-10 14:11:08 +00:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent 499428ed28
commit 836cf7faf8
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drivers/net/gianfar.c
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@ -2943,14 +2943,22 @@ static irqreturn_t gfar_error(int irq, void *grp_id)
if (events & IEVENT_CRL)
dev->stats.tx_aborted_errors++;
if (events & IEVENT_XFUN) {
unsigned long flags;
if (netif_msg_tx_err(priv))
printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: TX FIFO underrun, "
"packet dropped.\n", dev->name);
dev->stats.tx_dropped++;
priv->extra_stats.tx_underrun++;
local_irq_save(flags);
lock_tx_qs(priv);
/* Reactivate the Tx Queues */
gfar_write(&regs->tstat, gfargrp->tstat);
unlock_tx_qs(priv);
local_irq_restore(flags);
}
if (netif_msg_tx_err(priv))
printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: Transmit Error\n", dev->name);