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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c19
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c
index d213fb45855d..ae90d4f12b70 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c
@@ -3256,12 +3256,29 @@ static netdev_tx_t e1000_xmit_frame(struct sk_buff *skb,
nr_frags, mss);
if (count) {
+ /* The descriptors needed is higher than other Intel drivers
+ * due to a number of workarounds. The breakdown is below:
+ * Data descriptors: MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 1
+ * Context Descriptor: 1
+ * Keep head from touching tail: 2
+ * Workarounds: 3
+ */
+ int desc_needed = MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 7;
+
netdev_sent_queue(netdev, skb->len);
skb_tx_timestamp(skb);
e1000_tx_queue(adapter, tx_ring, tx_flags, count);
+
+ /* 82544 potentially requires twice as many data descriptors
+ * in order to guarantee buffers don't end on evenly-aligned
+ * dwords
+ */
+ if (adapter->pcix_82544)
+ desc_needed += MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 1;
+
/* Make sure there is space in the ring for the next send. */
- e1000_maybe_stop_tx(netdev, tx_ring, MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 2);
+ e1000_maybe_stop_tx(netdev, tx_ring, desc_needed);
if (!skb->xmit_more ||
netif_xmit_stopped(netdev_get_tx_queue(netdev, 0))) {