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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/smc91x.c16
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/smc91x.c b/drivers/net/smc91x.c
index c91e2e81f13..1021108e9a2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/smc91x.c
+++ b/drivers/net/smc91x.c
@@ -155,6 +155,12 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
#define MEMORY_WAIT_TIME 16
/*
+ * The maximum number of processing loops allowed for each call to the
+ * IRQ handler.
+ */
+#define MAX_IRQ_LOOPS 8
+
+/*
* This selects whether TX packets are sent one by one to the SMC91x internal
* memory and throttled until transmission completes. This may prevent
* RX overruns a litle by keeping much of the memory free for RX packets
@@ -684,7 +690,6 @@ static void smc_hardware_send_pkt(unsigned long data)
/* queue the packet for TX */
SMC_SET_MMU_CMD(MC_ENQUEUE);
- SMC_ACK_INT(IM_TX_EMPTY_INT);
smc_special_unlock(&lp->lock);
dev->trans_start = jiffies;
@@ -1305,7 +1310,7 @@ static irqreturn_t smc_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id, struct pt_regs *regs)
SMC_SET_INT_MASK(0);
/* set a timeout value, so I don't stay here forever */
- timeout = 8;
+ timeout = MAX_IRQ_LOOPS;
do {
status = SMC_GET_INT();
@@ -1372,10 +1377,13 @@ static irqreturn_t smc_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id, struct pt_regs *regs)
/* restore register states */
SMC_SET_PTR(saved_pointer);
SMC_SET_INT_MASK(mask);
-
spin_unlock(&lp->lock);
- DBG(3, "%s: Interrupt done (%d loops)\n", dev->name, 8-timeout);
+ if (timeout == MAX_IRQ_LOOPS)
+ PRINTK("%s: spurious interrupt (mask = 0x%02x)\n",
+ dev->name, mask);
+ DBG(3, "%s: Interrupt done (%d loops)\n",
+ dev->name, MAX_IRQ_LOOPS - timeout);
/*
* We return IRQ_HANDLED unconditionally here even if there was