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From:   Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 6/7] net/sonic: Start packet transmission immediately
Date:   Tue, 11 Feb 2020 08:18:50 +1100
Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org
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Give the transmit command as soon as the transmit descriptor is ready.

Tested-by: Stan Johnson <userm57@yahoo.com>
Signed-off-by: Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/sonic.c | 13 +++++++------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/sonic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/sonic.c
index 508c6a80fc6e..dd3605aa5f23 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/sonic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/sonic.c
@@ -311,12 +311,17 @@ static int sonic_send_packet(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	sonic_tda_put(dev, entry, SONIC_TD_LINK,
 		sonic_tda_get(dev, entry, SONIC_TD_LINK) | SONIC_EOL);
 
+	sonic_tda_put(dev, lp->eol_tx, SONIC_TD_LINK, ~SONIC_EOL &
+		      sonic_tda_get(dev, lp->eol_tx, SONIC_TD_LINK));
+
+	netif_dbg(lp, tx_queued, dev, "%s: issuing Tx command\n", __func__);
+
+	SONIC_WRITE(SONIC_CMD, SONIC_CR_TXP);
+
 	lp->tx_len[entry] = length;
 	lp->tx_laddr[entry] = laddr;
 	lp->tx_skb[entry] = skb;
 
-	sonic_tda_put(dev, lp->eol_tx, SONIC_TD_LINK,
-				  sonic_tda_get(dev, lp->eol_tx, SONIC_TD_LINK) & ~SONIC_EOL);
 	lp->eol_tx = entry;
 
 	entry = (entry + 1) & SONIC_TDS_MASK;
@@ -327,10 +332,6 @@ static int sonic_send_packet(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		/* after this packet, wait for ISR to free up some TDAs */
 	}
 
-	netif_dbg(lp, tx_queued, dev, "%s: issuing Tx command\n", __func__);
-
-	SONIC_WRITE(SONIC_CMD, SONIC_CR_TXP);
-
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lp->lock, flags);
 
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
-- 
2.24.1