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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c
index 1acf7128c146..7dd643f535c3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c
@@ -4356,18 +4356,19 @@ static void rtl_tx(struct net_device *dev, struct rtl8169_private *tp,
int budget)
{
unsigned int dirty_tx, bytes_compl = 0, pkts_compl = 0;
+ struct sk_buff *skb;
dirty_tx = tp->dirty_tx;
while (READ_ONCE(tp->cur_tx) != dirty_tx) {
unsigned int entry = dirty_tx % NUM_TX_DESC;
- struct sk_buff *skb = tp->tx_skb[entry].skb;
u32 status;
status = le32_to_cpu(tp->TxDescArray[entry].opts1);
if (status & DescOwn)
break;
+ skb = tp->tx_skb[entry].skb;
rtl8169_unmap_tx_skb(tp, entry);
if (skb) {
@@ -4397,8 +4398,10 @@ static void rtl_tx(struct net_device *dev, struct rtl8169_private *tp,
* too close. Let's kick an extra TxPoll request when a burst
* of start_xmit activity is detected (if it is not detected,
* it is slow enough). -- FR
+ * If skb is NULL then we come here again once a tx irq is
+ * triggered after the last fragment is marked transmitted.
*/
- if (tp->cur_tx != dirty_tx)
+ if (tp->cur_tx != dirty_tx && skb)
rtl8169_doorbell(tp);
}
}