Xen devel - Nov 2007 - [PATCH] [Mini-OS] Fix netfront xmit overflow

Fix xmit overflow by making netfront_xmit sleep until
network_tx_buf_gc() frees an xmit request.

Signed-off-by: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@citrix.com>

---
Note: depends on callback-safe semaphores.

diff -r dc9246357cdb extras/mini-os/netfront.c
--- a/extras/mini-os/netfront.c	Fri Nov 23 16:42:44 2007 +0000
+++ b/extras/mini-os/netfront.c	Fri Nov 23 17:15:51 2007 +0000
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <gnttab.h>
 #include <xmalloc.h>
 #include <time.h>
+#include <semaphore.h>
 
 void init_rx_buffers(void);
 
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@
 
 unsigned short rx_freelist[NET_RX_RING_SIZE];
 unsigned short tx_freelist[NET_TX_RING_SIZE];
+__DECLARE_SEMAPHORE_GENERIC(tx_sem, NET_TX_RING_SIZE);
 
 struct net_buffer {
     void* page;
@@ -188,6 +190,7 @@
             buf->gref=GRANT_INVALID_REF;
 
             add_id_to_freelist(id,tx_freelist);
+            up(&tx_sem);
         }
 
         np->tx.rsp_cons = prod;
@@ -421,16 +424,23 @@
 void netfront_xmit(unsigned char* data,int len)
 {
     int flags;
+    struct net_info* info = &net_info;
+    struct netif_tx_request *tx;
+    RING_IDX i;
+    int notify;
+    int id;
+    struct net_buffer* buf;
+    void* page;
+
+    down(&tx_sem);
+
     local_irq_save(flags);
 
-    struct net_info* info = &net_info;
-    struct netif_tx_request *tx;
-    RING_IDX i = info->tx.req_prod_pvt;
-    int notify;
-    int id = get_id_from_freelist(tx_freelist);
-    struct net_buffer* buf = &tx_buffers[id];
-    void* page = buf->page;
+    id = get_id_from_freelist(tx_freelist);
+    buf = &tx_buffers[id];
+    page = buf->page;
 
+    i = info->tx.req_prod_pvt;
     tx = RING_GET_REQUEST(&info->tx, i);
 
     memcpy(page,data,len);

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