From: James K Lewis In an earlier patch, code was added to pad packets that were less that ETH_ZLEN (60) bytes using the skb_pad function. This has caused hangs when accessing certain NFS mounted file systems. This patch removes the check and solves the NFS problem. The driver, with this patch, has been tested extensively. Please apply. Signed-off-by: James K Lewis Cc: Stephen Hemminger Cc: Jeff Garzik Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- drivers/net/spider_net.c | 18 +++++------------- drivers/net/spider_net.h | 2 +- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/net/spider_net.c~spidernet-remove-eth_zlen-check-in-earlier-patch drivers/net/spider_net.c --- a/drivers/net/spider_net.c~spidernet-remove-eth_zlen-check-in-earlier-patch +++ a/drivers/net/spider_net.c @@ -644,20 +644,12 @@ spider_net_prepare_tx_descr(struct spide struct spider_net_descr *descr; dma_addr_t buf; unsigned long flags; - int length; - length = skb->len; - if (length < ETH_ZLEN) { - if (skb_pad(skb, ETH_ZLEN-length)) - return 0; - length = ETH_ZLEN; - } - - buf = pci_map_single(card->pdev, skb->data, length, PCI_DMA_TODEVICE); + buf = pci_map_single(card->pdev, skb->data, skb->len, PCI_DMA_TODEVICE); if (pci_dma_mapping_error(buf)) { if (netif_msg_tx_err(card) && net_ratelimit()) pr_err("could not iommu-map packet (%p, %i). " - "Dropping packet\n", skb->data, length); + "Dropping packet\n", skb->data, skb->len); card->spider_stats.tx_iommu_map_error++; return -ENOMEM; } @@ -667,7 +659,7 @@ spider_net_prepare_tx_descr(struct spide card->tx_chain.head = descr->next; descr->buf_addr = buf; - descr->buf_size = length; + descr->buf_size = skb->len; descr->next_descr_addr = 0; descr->skb = skb; descr->data_status = 0; @@ -802,8 +794,8 @@ spider_net_release_tx_chain(struct spide /* unmap the skb */ if (skb) { - int len = skb->len < ETH_ZLEN ? ETH_ZLEN : skb->len; - pci_unmap_single(card->pdev, buf_addr, len, PCI_DMA_TODEVICE); + pci_unmap_single(card->pdev, buf_addr, skb->len, + PCI_DMA_TODEVICE); dev_kfree_skb(skb); } } diff -puN drivers/net/spider_net.h~spidernet-remove-eth_zlen-check-in-earlier-patch drivers/net/spider_net.h --- a/drivers/net/spider_net.h~spidernet-remove-eth_zlen-check-in-earlier-patch +++ a/drivers/net/spider_net.h @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ #ifndef _SPIDER_NET_H #define _SPIDER_NET_H -#define VERSION "1.1 A" +#define VERSION "1.5 A" #include "sungem_phy.h" _