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From 544631281bed5cc37b8f2d3a99f44c9d4b97f9a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Hellstrom <daniel@gaisler.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 10:07:12 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] GRETH: GBit transmit descriptor handling optimization

It is safe to enable all fragments before enabling the first descriptor,
this way all descriptors don't have to be processed twice, added extra
memory barrier.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Hellstrom <daniel@gaisler.com>
---
 drivers/net/greth.c |   19 ++++++++++---------
 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/net/greth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/greth.c
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ greth_start_xmit_gbit(struct sk_buff *sk
 		greth->tx_skbuff[curr_tx] = NULL;
 		bdp = greth->tx_bd_base + curr_tx;
 
-		status = GRETH_TXBD_CSALL;
+		status = GRETH_TXBD_CSALL | GRETH_BD_EN;
 		status |= frag->size & GRETH_BD_LEN;
 
 		/* Wrap around descriptor ring */
@@ -549,26 +549,27 @@ greth_start_xmit_gbit(struct sk_buff *sk
 
 	wmb();
 
-	/* Enable the descriptors that we configured ...  */
-	for (i = 0; i < nr_frags + 1; i++) {
-		bdp = greth->tx_bd_base + greth->tx_next;
-		greth_write_bd(&bdp->stat, greth_read_bd(&bdp->stat) | GRETH_BD_EN);
-		greth->tx_next = NEXT_TX(greth->tx_next);
-		greth->tx_free--;
-	}
+	/* Enable the descriptor chain by enabling the first descriptor */
+	bdp = greth->tx_bd_base + greth->tx_next;
+	greth_write_bd(&bdp->stat, greth_read_bd(&bdp->stat) | GRETH_BD_EN);
+	greth->tx_next = curr_tx;
+	greth->tx_free -= nr_frags + 1;
+
+	wmb();
 
 	greth_enable_tx(greth);
 
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 
 frag_map_error:
-	/* Unmap SKB mappings that succeeded */
+	/* Unmap SKB mappings that succeeded and disable descriptor */
 	for (i = 0; greth->tx_next + i != curr_tx; i++) {
 		bdp = greth->tx_bd_base + greth->tx_next + i;
 		dma_unmap_single(greth->dev,
 				 greth_read_bd(&bdp->addr),
 				 greth_read_bd(&bdp->stat) & GRETH_BD_LEN,
 				 DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+		greth_write_bd(&bdp->stat, 0);
 	}
 map_error:
 	if (net_ratelimit())