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[net-next] r8169: remove not needed check in rtl8169_start_xmit

Message ID 6965d665-6c50-90c5-70e6-0bb335d4ea47@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Delegated to: Netdev Maintainers
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Series [net-next] r8169: remove not needed check in rtl8169_start_xmit | expand

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Commit Message

Heiner Kallweit Nov. 17, 2020, 8:34 p.m. UTC
In rtl_tx() the released descriptors are zero'ed by
rtl8169_unmap_tx_skb(). And in the beginning of rtl8169_start_xmit()
we check that enough descriptors are free, therefore there's no way
the DescOwn bit can be set here.

Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c | 7 ++-----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Comments

Jakub Kicinski Nov. 19, 2020, 1:27 a.m. UTC | #1
On Tue, 17 Nov 2020 21:34:09 +0100 Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> In rtl_tx() the released descriptors are zero'ed by
> rtl8169_unmap_tx_skb(). And in the beginning of rtl8169_start_xmit()
> we check that enough descriptors are free, therefore there's no way
> the DescOwn bit can be set here.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>

Applied, thanks!
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diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c
index e05df043c..5766d191f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c
@@ -4180,17 +4180,12 @@  static netdev_tx_t rtl8169_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	bool stop_queue, door_bell;
 	u32 opts[2];
 
-	txd_first = tp->TxDescArray + entry;
-
 	if (unlikely(!rtl_tx_slots_avail(tp))) {
 		if (net_ratelimit())
 			netdev_err(dev, "BUG! Tx Ring full when queue awake!\n");
 		goto err_stop_0;
 	}
 
-	if (unlikely(le32_to_cpu(txd_first->opts1) & DescOwn))
-		goto err_stop_0;
-
 	opts[1] = rtl8169_tx_vlan_tag(skb);
 	opts[0] = 0;
 
@@ -4203,6 +4198,8 @@  static netdev_tx_t rtl8169_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 				    entry, false)))
 		goto err_dma_0;
 
+	txd_first = tp->TxDescArray + entry;
+
 	if (frags) {
 		if (rtl8169_xmit_frags(tp, skb, opts, entry))
 			goto err_dma_1;