[PATCH 001/002] de2104x: force correct order when writing to rx ring

From: Risto Suominen
Date: Sat Feb 07 2009 - 16:30:36 EST


DescOwn should not be set, thus allowing the chip to use the descriptor, before
everything else is set up correctly.

Signed-off-by: Risto Suominen <Risto.Suominen@xxxxxxxxx>
---
The testing is done on kernel version 2.6.18.

--- drivers/net/tulip/de2104x.c.org 2006-09-20 06:42:06.000000000 +0300
+++ drivers/net/tulip/de2104x.c 2009-02-07 15:04:04.000000000 +0200
@@ -465,13 +465,14 @@ static void de_rx (struct de_private *de
drop = 1;

rx_next:
- de->rx_ring[rx_tail].opts1 = cpu_to_le32(DescOwn);
if (rx_tail == (DE_RX_RING_SIZE - 1))
de->rx_ring[rx_tail].opts2 =
cpu_to_le32(RingEnd | de->rx_buf_sz);
else
de->rx_ring[rx_tail].opts2 = cpu_to_le32(de->rx_buf_sz);
de->rx_ring[rx_tail].addr1 = cpu_to_le32(mapping);
+ wmb();
+ de->rx_ring[rx_tail].opts1 = cpu_to_le32(DescOwn);
rx_tail = NEXT_RX(rx_tail);
}
DescOwn should not be set, thus allowing the chip to use the descriptor, before
everything else is set up correctly.

Signed-off-by: Risto Suominen <Risto.Suominen@xxxxxxxxx>
---
The testing is done on kernel version 2.6.18.

--- drivers/net/tulip/de2104x.c.org 2006-09-20 06:42:06.000000000 +0300
+++ drivers/net/tulip/de2104x.c 2009-02-07 15:04:04.000000000 +0200
@@ -465,13 +465,14 @@ static void de_rx (struct de_private *de
drop = 1;

rx_next:
- de->rx_ring[rx_tail].opts1 = cpu_to_le32(DescOwn);
if (rx_tail == (DE_RX_RING_SIZE - 1))
de->rx_ring[rx_tail].opts2 =
cpu_to_le32(RingEnd | de->rx_buf_sz);
else
de->rx_ring[rx_tail].opts2 = cpu_to_le32(de->rx_buf_sz);
de->rx_ring[rx_tail].addr1 = cpu_to_le32(mapping);
+ wmb();
+ de->rx_ring[rx_tail].opts1 = cpu_to_le32(DescOwn);
rx_tail = NEXT_RX(rx_tail);
}