Try this patch instead (I don't have the hardware to even build).
Fix spider_net transmit routine: 1. use skb_padto properly 2. don't return -ENOMEM. Only valid returns from device transmit routine are NETDEV_TX_OK, BUSY, LOCKED Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- drivers/net/spider_net.c | 20 ++++++++------------ 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/spider_net.c b/drivers/net/spider_net.c index 418138d..cd7f13c 100644 --- a/drivers/net/spider_net.c +++ b/drivers/net/spider_net.c @@ -644,22 +644,18 @@ 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; - } + if (skb_padto(skb, ETH_ZLEN)) + return NETDEV_TX_OK; - 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; + dev_kfree_skb(skb); + return NETDEV_TX_OK; } spin_lock_irqsave(&card->tx_chain.lock, flags); @@ -667,7 +663,7 @@ 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; @@ -690,7 +686,7 @@ spider_net_prepare_tx_descr(struct spide descr->prev->next_descr_addr = descr->bus_addr; card->netdev->trans_start = jiffies; /* set netdev watchdog timer */ - return 0; + return NETDEV_TX_OK; } static int -- 1.4.1 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html