This patch fixes a regression that was introduced by
commit 0a5f384677
davinci_emac: Add Carrier Link OK check in Davinci RX Handler
Said commit adds a check whether the carrier link is ok. If the link is
not ok, the skb is freed and no new dma descriptor added to the rx dma
channel. This causes trouble during initialization when the carrier
status has not yet been updated. If a lot of packets are received while
netif_carrier_ok returns false, all dma descriptors are freed and the
rx dma transfer is stopped.
The bug occurs when the board is connected to a network with lots of
traffic and the ifconfig down/up is done, e.g., when reconfiguring
the interface with DHCP.
The bug can be reproduced by flood pinging the davinci board while doing
ifconfig eth0 down
ifconfig eth0 up
on the board.
After that, the rx path stops working and the overrun value reported
by ifconfig is counting up.
This patch reverts commit 0a5f384677
and instead issues warnings only if cpdma_chan_submit returns -ENOMEM.
Signed-off-by: Christian Riesch <christian.riesch@omicron.at>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Hegde, Vinay <vinay.hegde@ti.com>
Cc: Cyril Chemparathy <cyril@ti.com>
Cc: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
Tested-by: Rajashekhara, Sudhakar <sudhakar.raj@ti.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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