netdev - Re: [PATCH] flexcan: Fix CAN_RAW_RECV_OWN_MSGS and CAN_RAW

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Date:	Wed, 2 Nov 2011 09:04:38 +0100
From:	Kurt Van Dijck <kurt.van.dijck@....be>
To:	Reuben Dowle <Reuben.Dowle@...ico.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-can@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] flexcan: Fix CAN_RAW_RECV_OWN_MSGS and CAN_RAW_LOOPBACK

On Tue, Nov 01, 2011 at 11:18:03AM +1300, Reuben Dowle wrote:
> Currently the flexcan driver uses hardware local echo. This blindly echos all transmitted frames to all receiving sockets, regardless what CAN_RAW_RECV_OWN_MSGS and CAN_RAW_LOOPBACK are set to.
> 
> This patch now submits transmitted frames to be echoed in the transmit complete interrupt, preserving the reference to the sending socket. This allows the can protocol to correctly handle the local echo.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Reuben Dowle <reuben.dowle@...ico.com>
> 
> ---
>  drivers/net/can/flexcan.c |   19 +++++++++++++++----
>  1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/can/flexcan.c b/drivers/net/can/flexcan.c
> index e023379..542ada8 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/can/flexcan.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/can/flexcan.c
> @@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ static int flexcan_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
>  	flexcan_write(can_id, &regs->cantxfg[FLEXCAN_TX_BUF_ID].can_id);
>  	flexcan_write(ctrl, &regs->cantxfg[FLEXCAN_TX_BUF_ID].can_ctrl);
>  
> -	kfree_skb(skb);
> +	can_put_echo_skb(skb, dev, 0);
>  
>  	/* tx_packets is incremented in flexcan_irq */
>  	stats->tx_bytes += cf->can_dlc;
Why not move the statistics to the place where the echo_skb is popped?
When no frame gets out (due to whatever reason), the statistics may have
incremented.

Or maybe this needs a seperate patch?

The rest looks good.

Kurt
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