From 7e98a1733e34e1564a2668ea6210df94cf572a22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jon Mason Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:28:45 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] NTB: memcpy lockup workaround 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 Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c b/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c index cd9745b062e46..583a7d3f0ce12 100644 --- 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) -- 2.47.2