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ixgb: fix race on rx_buffer_len in mtu change

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some random coverage testing found that when changing mtu
under heavy traffic load, NAPI would use the rx_buffer_len variable
after it had been changed by change_mtu.

Similar to e1000 bugs found long ago.

Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
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Jesse Brandeburg 2008-07-08 15:51:42 -07:00 committed by Jeff Garzik
parent 3433663546
commit b5ca88eb33
1 changed files with 7 additions and 3 deletions
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drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
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@ -1573,14 +1573,18 @@ ixgb_change_mtu(struct net_device *netdev, int new_mtu)
return -EINVAL;
}
if (old_max_frame == max_frame)
return 0;
if (netif_running(netdev))
ixgb_down(adapter, true);
adapter->rx_buffer_len = max_frame + 8; /* + 8 for errata */
netdev->mtu = new_mtu;
if ((old_max_frame != max_frame) && netif_running(netdev)) {
ixgb_down(adapter, true);
if (netif_running(netdev))
ixgb_up(adapter);
}
return 0;
}