[PATCH net v2 2/2] net: ethernet: mtk-star-emac: rearm interrupts in rx_poll only when advised

Maxime Chevallier maxime.chevallier at bootlin.com
Thu Apr 24 02:16:23 PDT 2025


Hi,

On Thu, 24 Apr 2025 10:38:49 +0200
Louis-Alexis Eyraud <louisalexis.eyraud at collabora.com> wrote:

> In mtk_star_rx_poll function, on event processing completion, the
> mtk_star_emac driver calls napi_complete_done but ignores its return
> code and enable RX DMA interrupts inconditionally. This return code
> gives the info if a device should avoid rearming its interrupts or not,
> so fix this behaviour by taking it into account.
> 
> Fixes: 8c7bd5a454ff ("net: ethernet: mtk-star-emac: new driver")
> Signed-off-by: Louis-Alexis Eyraud <louisalexis.eyraud at collabora.com>

I'm unsure wether this counts as a bugfix, as no bug was
seen, and there are quite a few divers that already ignore the return
from napi_complete_done().

I don't think the patch is wrong, but maybe it should be sent to
net-next :/

Maxime



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