The irq handler schedules a NAPI poll request unconditionally as soon as the status register is not clean. It has been there - and wrong - for ages but a recent timing change made it apparently easier to trigger.
Signed-off-by: Francois Romieu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Jay Cliburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- drivers/net/r8169.c | 34 +++++++++++++++++++--------------- 1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/r8169.c b/drivers/net/r8169.c index 521b5f0..990699f 100644 --- a/drivers/net/r8169.c +++ b/drivers/net/r8169.c @@ -64,8 +64,10 @@ VERSION 2.2LK <2005/01/25> #include <linux/ip.h> #include <linux/tcp.h> #include <linux/init.h> +#include <linux/spinlock.h> #include <linux/dma-mapping.h> +#include <asm/system.h> #include <asm/io.h> #include <asm/irq.h> @@ -486,6 +488,7 @@ static int rtl8169_rx_interrupt(struct net_device *, struct rtl8169_private *, void __iomem *); static int rtl8169_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu); static void rtl8169_down(struct net_device *dev); +static void rtl8169_rx_clear(struct rtl8169_private *tp); #ifdef CONFIG_R8169_NAPI static int rtl8169_poll(struct net_device *dev, int *budget); @@ -1751,16 +1754,10 @@ static int rtl8169_open(struct net_device *dev) { struct rtl8169_private *tp = netdev_priv(dev); struct pci_dev *pdev = tp->pci_dev; - int retval; + int retval = -ENOMEM; - rtl8169_set_rxbufsize(tp, dev); - - retval = - request_irq(dev->irq, rtl8169_interrupt, IRQF_SHARED, dev->name, dev); - if (retval < 0) - goto out; - retval = -ENOMEM; + rtl8169_set_rxbufsize(tp, dev); /* * Rx and Tx desscriptors needs 256 bytes alignment. @@ -1769,19 +1766,26 @@ static int rtl8169_open(struct net_device *dev) tp->TxDescArray = pci_alloc_consistent(pdev, R8169_TX_RING_BYTES, &tp->TxPhyAddr); if (!tp->TxDescArray) - goto err_free_irq; + goto out; tp->RxDescArray = pci_alloc_consistent(pdev, R8169_RX_RING_BYTES, &tp->RxPhyAddr); if (!tp->RxDescArray) - goto err_free_tx; + goto err_free_tx_0; retval = rtl8169_init_ring(dev); if (retval < 0) - goto err_free_rx; + goto err_free_rx_1; INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&tp->task, NULL); + smp_mb(); + + retval = request_irq(dev->irq, rtl8169_interrupt, IRQF_SHARED, + dev->name, dev); + if (retval < 0) + goto err_release_ring_2; + rtl8169_hw_start(dev); rtl8169_request_timer(dev); @@ -1790,14 +1794,14 @@ static int rtl8169_open(struct net_device *dev) out: return retval; -err_free_rx: +err_release_ring_2: + rtl8169_rx_clear(tp); +err_free_rx_1: pci_free_consistent(pdev, R8169_RX_RING_BYTES, tp->RxDescArray, tp->RxPhyAddr); -err_free_tx: +err_free_tx_0: pci_free_consistent(pdev, R8169_TX_RING_BYTES, tp->TxDescArray, tp->TxPhyAddr); -err_free_irq: - free_irq(dev->irq, dev); goto out; } -- 1.5.0.5 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html