[PATCH 5/6] gianfar: Fix race between gfar_error() and gfar_start_xmit()

[Anton Vorontsov]

gfar_error() can arrive at the middle of gfar_start_xmit() processing,
and so it can trigger transfers of BDs that we don't yet expect to
be transmitted.

Fix this by locking the tx queues in gfar_error().

Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov <avoront...@ru.mvista.com>
---
 drivers/net/gianfar.c |    8 ++++++++
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/gianfar.c b/drivers/net/gianfar.c
index a5b0038..fde430a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/gianfar.c
+++ b/drivers/net/gianfar.c
@@ -2943,14 +2943,22 @@ static irqreturn_t gfar_error(int irq, void *grp_id)
                if (events & IEVENT_CRL)
                        dev->stats.tx_aborted_errors++;
                if (events & IEVENT_XFUN) {
+                       unsigned long flags;
+
                        if (netif_msg_tx_err(priv))
                                printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: TX FIFO underrun, "
                                       "packet dropped.\n", dev->name);
                        dev->stats.tx_dropped++;
                        priv->extra_stats.tx_underrun++;
 
+                       local_irq_save(flags);
+                       lock_tx_qs(priv);
+
                        /* Reactivate the Tx Queues */
                        gfar_write(&regs->tstat, gfargrp->tstat);
+
+                       unlock_tx_qs(priv);
+                       local_irq_restore(flags);
                }
                if (netif_msg_tx_err(priv))
                        printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: Transmit Error\n", dev->name);
-- 
1.6.3.3

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