via-velocity: Give RX descriptors to the NIC later on open or MTU change
velocity_open() calls velocity_give_many_rx_descs(), which gives RX
descriptors to the NIC, before installing an interrupt handler or
calling velocity_init_registers(). I think this is very unsafe and it
appears to explain the bug report <http://bugs.debian.org/508527>.
On MTU change, velocity_give_many_rx_descs() is again called before
velocity_init_registers(). I'm not sure whether this is unsafe but
it does look wrong.
Therefore, move the calls to velocity_give_many_rx_descs() after
request_irq() and velocity_init_registers().
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Tested-by: Jan Ceuleers <jan.ceuleers@computer.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/drivers/net/via-velocity.c b/drivers/net/via-velocity.c
index 4ceb441..c93f58f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/via-velocity.c
+++ b/drivers/net/via-velocity.c
@@ -2237,8 +2237,6 @@
/* Ensure chip is running */
pci_set_power_state(vptr->pdev, PCI_D0);
- velocity_give_many_rx_descs(vptr);
-
velocity_init_registers(vptr, VELOCITY_INIT_COLD);
ret = request_irq(vptr->pdev->irq, velocity_intr, IRQF_SHARED,
@@ -2250,6 +2248,8 @@
goto out;
}
+ velocity_give_many_rx_descs(vptr);
+
mac_enable_int(vptr->mac_regs);
netif_start_queue(dev);
napi_enable(&vptr->napi);
@@ -2339,10 +2339,10 @@
dev->mtu = new_mtu;
- velocity_give_many_rx_descs(vptr);
-
velocity_init_registers(vptr, VELOCITY_INIT_COLD);
+ velocity_give_many_rx_descs(vptr);
+
mac_enable_int(vptr->mac_regs);
netif_start_queue(dev);