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authorBen Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>2012-02-21 23:22:00 +0000
committerBen Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>2012-02-22 20:48:08 +0000
commitc92aaff18e0a48f693678105343160e0bd032dfa (patch)
tree363bbef1367573f47e9bf93e67e1d1d6daf22b2c /drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
parent01cb543db8a2d2dbcea5f357365ce1327ac46193 (diff)
sfc: Reverse initial buffer table allocation to allow for later resizing
We have a very simple way of allocating buffer table entries to queues, which is just to take the next one available. The extra channels are the highest numbered channels but they need to be allocated the lowest entries so that the traffic channels can be allocated new entries without any collisions. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
index ac571cf1448..c7004dcb583 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
@@ -585,7 +585,12 @@ static int efx_probe_channels(struct efx_nic *efx)
/* Restart special buffer allocation */
efx->next_buffer_table = 0;
- efx_for_each_channel(channel, efx) {
+ /* Probe channels in reverse, so that any 'extra' channels
+ * use the start of the buffer table. This allows the traffic
+ * channels to be resized without moving them or wasting the
+ * entries before them.
+ */
+ efx_for_each_channel_rev(channel, efx) {
rc = efx_probe_channel(channel);
if (rc) {
netif_err(efx, probe, efx->net_dev,