Merge commit '4cb38750d49010ae72e718d46605ac9ba5a851b4' into stable/for-linus-3.6

* commit '4cb38750d49010ae72e718d46605ac9ba5a851b4': (6849 commits)
  bcma: fix invalid PMU chip control masks
  [libata] pata_cmd64x: whitespace cleanup
  libata-acpi: fix up for acpi_pm_device_sleep_state API
  sata_dwc_460ex: device tree may specify dma_channel
  ahci, trivial: fixed coding style issues related to braces
  ahci_platform: add hibernation callbacks
  libata-eh.c: local functions should not be exposed globally
  libata-transport.c: local functions should not be exposed globally
  sata_dwc_460ex: support hardreset
  ata: use module_pci_driver
  drivers/ata/pata_pcmcia.c: adjust suspicious bit operation
  pata_imx: Convert to clk_prepare_enable/clk_disable_unprepare
  ahci: Enable SB600 64bit DMA on MSI K9AGM2 (MS-7327) v2
  [libata] Prevent interface errors with Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex
  drivers/acpi/glue: revert accidental license-related 6b66d95895c bits
  libata-acpi: add missing inlines in libata.h
  i2c-omap: Add support for I2C_M_STOP message flag
  i2c: Fall back to emulated SMBus if the operation isn't supported natively
  i2c: Add SCCB support
  i2c-tiny-usb: Add support for the Robofuzz OSIF USB/I2C converter
  ...

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/ethtool.c
index 8ce67064b9c..90eef07943f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/ethtool.c
@@ -357,21 +357,28 @@ static int igbvf_set_coalesce(struct net_device *netdev,
 	struct igbvf_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
 	struct e1000_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
 
-	if ((ec->rx_coalesce_usecs > IGBVF_MAX_ITR_USECS) ||
-	    ((ec->rx_coalesce_usecs > 3) &&
-	     (ec->rx_coalesce_usecs < IGBVF_MIN_ITR_USECS)) ||
-	    (ec->rx_coalesce_usecs == 2))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	/* convert to rate of irq's per second */
-	if (ec->rx_coalesce_usecs && ec->rx_coalesce_usecs <= 3) {
+	if ((ec->rx_coalesce_usecs >= IGBVF_MIN_ITR_USECS) &&
+	     (ec->rx_coalesce_usecs <= IGBVF_MAX_ITR_USECS)) {
+		adapter->current_itr = ec->rx_coalesce_usecs << 2;
+		adapter->requested_itr = 1000000000 /
+					(adapter->current_itr * 256);
+	} else if ((ec->rx_coalesce_usecs == 3) ||
+		   (ec->rx_coalesce_usecs == 2)) {
 		adapter->current_itr = IGBVF_START_ITR;
 		adapter->requested_itr = ec->rx_coalesce_usecs;
-	} else {
-		adapter->current_itr = ec->rx_coalesce_usecs << 2;
+	} else if (ec->rx_coalesce_usecs == 0) {
+		/*
+		 * The user's desire is to turn off interrupt throttling
+		 * altogether, but due to HW limitations, we can't do that.
+		 * Instead we set a very small value in EITR, which would
+		 * allow ~967k interrupts per second, but allow the adapter's
+		 * internal clocking to still function properly.
+		 */
+		adapter->current_itr = 4;
 		adapter->requested_itr = 1000000000 /
 					(adapter->current_itr * 256);
-	}
+	} else
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	writel(adapter->current_itr,
 	       hw->hw_addr + adapter->rx_ring->itr_register);