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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)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Wed, 29 Jan 2020 15:45:32 +0000 (16:45 +0100)
commit3a21378463475077b0176f3949964aa72e33765b
treeed9a0a19e2f865b9ad7b89f2c130988074494927
parentf6ecc13bea2b391aab55105d768c584b8757b0cd
net/sonic: Avoid needless receive descriptor EOL flag updates

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>
drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/sonic.c