This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
NTB: memcpy lockup workaround
to the 3.9-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
ntb-memcpy-lockup-workaround.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.9 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From c336acd3331dcc191a97dbc66a557d47741657c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jon Mason <jon.mason@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:28:45 -0700
Subject: NTB: memcpy lockup workaround
From: Jon Mason <jon.mason@xxxxxxxxx>
commit c336acd3331dcc191a97dbc66a557d47741657c7 upstream.
The system will appear to lockup for long periods of time due to the NTB
driver spending too much time in memcpy. Avoid this by reducing the
number of packets that can be serviced on a given interrupt.
Signed-off-by: Jon Mason <jon.mason@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c | 11 ++++++++---
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c
@@ -1034,11 +1034,16 @@ out:
static void ntb_transport_rx(unsigned long data)
{
struct ntb_transport_qp *qp = (struct ntb_transport_qp *)data;
- int rc;
+ int rc, i;
- do {
+ /* Limit the number of packets processed in a single interrupt to
+ * provide fairness to others
+ */
+ for (i = 0; i < qp->rx_max_entry; i++) {
rc = ntb_process_rxc(qp);
- } while (!rc);
+ if (rc)
+ break;
+ }
}
static void ntb_transport_rxc_db(void *data, int db_num)
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from jon.mason@xxxxxxxxx are
queue-3.9/ntb-fix-pointer-math-issues.patch
queue-3.9/ntb-link-toggle-memory-leak.patch
queue-3.9/ntb-variable-dereferenced-before-check.patch
queue-3.9/ntb-handle-64bit-bar-sizes.patch
queue-3.9/ntb_netdev-remove-from-list-on-exit.patch
queue-3.9/ntb-reset-tx_index-on-link-toggle.patch
queue-3.9/ntb-correctly-handle-receive-buffers-of-the-minimal-size.patch
queue-3.9/ntb-off-by-one-sanity-checks.patch
queue-3.9/ntb-memcpy-lockup-workaround.patch
queue-3.9/ntb-multiple-ntb-client-fix.patch
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