On 03/15/2018 11:02 AM, Thomas Falcon wrote:
> This patch restructures the TX pool data structure and provides a
> separate TX pool array for TSO transmissions. This is already used
> in some way due to our unique DMA situation, namely that we cannot
> use single DMA mappings for packet data. Previously, both buffer
> arrays used the same pool entry. This restructuring allows for
> some additional cleanup in the driver code, especially in some
> places in the device transmit routine.
>
> In addition, it allows us to more easily track the consumer
> and producer indexes of a particular pool. This has been
> further improved by better tracking of in-use buffers to
> prevent possible data corruption in case an invalid buffer
> entry is used.
>
> v3: Forgot to update TX pool cleaning function to handle new data
> structures. Included 7th patch for that.
>
> v2: Fix typo in 3/6 commit subject line
>
> Thomas Falcon (7):
> ibmvnic: Generalize TX pool structure
> ibmvnic: Update and clean up reset TX pool routine
> ibmvnic: Update release TX pool routine
> ibmvnic: Update TX pool initialization routine
> ibmvnic: Update TX and TX completion routines
> ibmvnic: Improve TX buffer accounting
> ibmvnic: Update TX pool cleaning routine
>
> drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c | 275
> +++++++++++++++++++++----------------
> drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.h | 8 +-
> 2 files changed, 160 insertions(+), 123 deletions(-)
>
Sorry again, I need to send another version because of a bug in the 7th patch.
