From: Mohamed Abbas <[email protected]>
Value of count is used to decide when to replenish rx buffers. If it is
equal or above 8 we replenish the buffers. Ensure there is no starvation
by initializing count to 8 - thus forcing replenish at first iteration.
This is helpful when rx receives batches of buffers smaller than 8.
Signed-off-by: Mohamed Abbas <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <[email protected]>
---
Resending with new patch description.
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c | 2 +-
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
index a846436..24dcf59 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
@@ -4272,7 +4272,7 @@ static void iwl3945_rx_handle(struct iwl3945_priv *priv)
int reclaim;
unsigned long flags;
u8 fill_rx = 0;
- u32 count = 0;
+ u32 count = 8;
/* uCode's read index (stored in shared DRAM) indicates the last Rx
* buffer that the driver may process (last buffer filled by ucode). */
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c
index 8fe47ea..a70d26a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c
@@ -4646,7 +4646,7 @@ static void iwl4965_rx_handle(struct iwl4965_priv *priv)
int reclaim;
unsigned long flags;
u8 fill_rx = 0;
- u32 count = 0;
+ u32 count = 8;
/* uCode's read index (stored in shared DRAM) indicates the last Rx
* buffer that the driver may process (last buffer filled by ucode). */
--
1.5.3.4