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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c')
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 21 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c index db5611ae407..a892efd9c76 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c @@ -2405,6 +2405,16 @@ static irqreturn_t ixgbe_msix_other(int irq, void *data) * with the write to EICR. */ eicr = IXGBE_READ_REG(hw, IXGBE_EICS); + + /* The lower 16bits of the EICR register are for the queue interrupts + * which should be masked here in order to not accidently clear them if + * the bits are high when ixgbe_msix_other is called. There is a race + * condition otherwise which results in possible performance loss + * especially if the ixgbe_msix_other interrupt is triggering + * consistently (as it would when PPS is turned on for the X540 device) + */ + eicr &= 0xFFFF0000; + IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_EICR, eicr); if (eicr & IXGBE_EICR_LSC) @@ -7922,12 +7932,19 @@ static int __init ixgbe_init_module(void) ixgbe_dbg_init(); #endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_FS */ + ret = pci_register_driver(&ixgbe_driver); + if (ret) { +#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS + ixgbe_dbg_exit(); +#endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_FS */ + return ret; + } + #ifdef CONFIG_IXGBE_DCA dca_register_notify(&dca_notifier); #endif - ret = pci_register_driver(&ixgbe_driver); - return ret; + return 0; } module_init(ixgbe_init_module); |