From: Suresh Reddy <suresh.re...@avagotech.com>
On BE3 chips in SRIOV configs, the TX path stalls when a packet less
than 32B is received from the host. A workaround to pad such packets
already exists for the Skyhawk and Lancer chips. Use the same workaround
for BE3 chips too.
Signed-off-by: Suresh Reddy <suresh.re...@avagotech.com>
Signed-off-by: Sathya Perla <sathya.pe...@avagotech.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c | 9 +++++----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
index 86eed47..821e014 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
@@ -1123,11 +1123,12 @@ static struct sk_buff *be_xmit_workarounds(struct
be_adapter *adapter,
struct sk_buff *skb,
struct be_wrb_params *wrb_params)
{
- /* Lancer, SH-R ASICs have a bug wherein Packets that are 32 bytes or
- * less may cause a transmit stall on that port. So the work-around is
- * to pad short packets (<= 32 bytes) to a 36-byte length.
+ /* Lancer, SH and BE3 in SRIOV mode have a bug wherein
+ * packets that are 32b or less may cause a transmit stall
+ * on that port. The workaround is to pad such packets
+ * (len <= 32 bytes) to a minimum length of 36b.
*/
- if (unlikely(!BEx_chip(adapter) && skb->len <= 32)) {
+ if (skb->len <= 32) {
if (skb_put_padto(skb, 36))
return NULL;
}
--
2.4.1
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