netdev - Re: [PATCH] bgmac: add support for Byte Queue Limits

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Date:	Sat, 28 Sep 2013 15:18:49 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@...ke-m.de>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, zajec5@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bgmac: add support for Byte Queue Limits

On Sat, 2013-09-28 at 23:23 +0200, Hauke Mehrtens wrote:
> This makes it possible to use some more advanced queuing
> techniques with this driver.

> @@ -1198,6 +1206,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t bgmac_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
>  	struct bgmac *bgmac = netdev_priv(net_dev);
>  	struct bgmac_dma_ring *ring;
>  
> +	netdev_sent_queue(net_dev, skb->len);
> +
>  	/* No QOS support yet */
>  	ring = &bgmac->tx_ring[0];
>  	return bgmac_dma_tx_add(bgmac, ring, skb);


Well, no.

You must call netdev_sent_queue() only if packet is really queued.



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