[Linux-stm32] [PATCH net-next v2 2/7] net: stmmac: Always arm TX Timer at end of transmission start

[David Miller]

From: Jose Abreu <Jose.Abreu at synopsys.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 13:46:06 +0100

> If TX Coalesce timer is enabled we should always arm it, otherwise we
> may hit the case where an interrupt is missed and the TX Queue will
> timeout.
> 
> Arming the timer does not necessarly mean it will run the tx_clean()
> because this function is wrapped around NAPI launcher.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jose Abreu <Jose.Abreu at synopsys.com>

This is a bug fix and thus appropriate for net not net-next.