On Rx FIFO overflow error, the controller consume a buffer descriptor but currently the driver does not give it back to the controller. This results unrecoverable 'Buffer List Exhausted' condition. This patch fix this problem by moving a "fbl_count--" line to proper place. Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- diff --git a/drivers/net/tc35815.c b/drivers/net/tc35815.c index dccea52..b07b8cb 100644 --- a/drivers/net/tc35815.c +++ b/drivers/net/tc35815.c @@ -1736,7 +1736,6 @@ tc35815_rx(struct net_device *dev) skb = lp->rx_skbs[cur_bd].skb; prefetch(skb->data); lp->rx_skbs[cur_bd].skb = NULL; - lp->fbl_count--; pci_unmap_single(lp->pci_dev, lp->rx_skbs[cur_bd].skb_dma, RX_BUF_SIZE, PCI_DMA_FROMDEVICE); @@ -1792,6 +1791,7 @@ tc35815_rx(struct net_device *dev) #ifdef TC35815_USE_PACKEDBUFFER while (lp->fbl_curid != id) #else + lp->fbl_count--; while (lp->fbl_count < RX_BUF_NUM) #endif {