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The network queue is currently always stopped in start_xmit and continued in the interrupt handler. This is not possible anymore if we want to keep multiple transmits in flight in parallel. Use the previously introduced tx_fifo_in_flight counter to control the network queue instead. This has the benefit of not needing to ask the hardware about fifo status. This patch stops the network queue in start_xmit if the number of transmits in flight reaches the size of the fifo and wakes up the queue from the interrupt handler once the transmits in flight drops below the fifo size. This means any skbs over the limit will be rejected immediately in start_xmit (it shouldn't be possible at all to reach that state anyways). The maximum number of transmits in flight is the size of the fifo. Signed-off-by: Markus Schneider-Pargmann <msp@baylibre.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240207093220.2681425-13-msp@baylibre.com Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>
Linux kernel
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Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
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There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.