3.6.11.2 stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Mugunthan V N <mugunthanvnm@xxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 7e51cde276ca820d526c6c21cf8147df595a36bf ] To restart tx queue use netif_wake_queue() intead of netif_start_queue() so that net schedule will restart transmission immediately which will increase network performance while doing huge data transfers. Reported-by: Dan Franke <dan.franke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Suggested-by: Sriramakrishnan A G <srk@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Mugunthan V N <mugunthanvnm@xxxxxx> Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c index fce89a0..93c040d 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c @@ -1055,7 +1055,7 @@ static void emac_tx_handler(void *token, int len, int status) atomic_dec(&priv->cur_tx); if (unlikely(netif_queue_stopped(ndev))) - netif_start_queue(ndev); + netif_wake_queue(ndev); ndev->stats.tx_packets++; ndev->stats.tx_bytes += len; dev_kfree_skb_any(skb); -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html