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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c16
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
index 16af338880c..3c5ffd2f5c6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
@@ -588,7 +588,21 @@ netdev_tx_t mlx4_en_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
netif_tx_stop_queue(ring->tx_queue);
priv->port_stats.queue_stopped++;
- return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
+ /* If queue was emptied after the if, and before the
+ * stop_queue - need to wake the queue, or else it will remain
+ * stopped forever.
+ * Need a memory barrier to make sure ring->cons was not
+ * updated before queue was stopped.
+ */
+ wmb();
+
+ if (unlikely(((int)(ring->prod - ring->cons)) <=
+ ring->size - HEADROOM - MAX_DESC_TXBBS)) {
+ netif_tx_wake_queue(ring->tx_queue);
+ priv->port_stats.wake_queue++;
+ } else {
+ return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
+ }
}
/* Track current inflight packets for performance analysis */