From: Ingo Molnar Another forcedeth.c thing: i noticed that its NAPI handler does not do tx-ring processing. The patch below implements this - tested on DESC_VER_2 hardware, with CONFIG_FORCEDETH_NAPI=y. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Cc: Ayaz Abdulla Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- drivers/net/forcedeth.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+) diff -puN drivers/net/forcedeth.c~forcedeth-improve-napi-logic drivers/net/forcedeth.c --- a/drivers/net/forcedeth.c~forcedeth-improve-napi-logic +++ a/drivers/net/forcedeth.c @@ -3108,9 +3108,17 @@ static int nv_napi_poll(struct net_devic int retcode; if (np->desc_ver == DESC_VER_1 || np->desc_ver == DESC_VER_2) { + spin_lock_irqsave(&np->lock, flags); + nv_tx_done(dev); + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&np->lock, flags); + pkts = nv_rx_process(dev, limit); retcode = nv_alloc_rx(dev); } else { + spin_lock_irqsave(&np->lock, flags); + nv_tx_done_optimized(dev, np->tx_ring_size); + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&np->lock, flags); + pkts = nv_rx_process_optimized(dev, limit); retcode = nv_alloc_rx_optimized(dev); } _