netdev - [PATCH kernel 1/4] sh_eth: Remove RX overflow log messages

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Date:	Tue, 27 Jan 2015 00:41:16 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben.hutchings@...ethink.co.uk>
To:	"David S.Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...ts.codethink.co.uk,
	Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <nobuhiro.iwamatsu.yj@...esas.com>,
	Mitsuhiro Kimura <mitsuhiro.kimura.kc@...esas.com>,
	Hisashi Nakamura <hisashi.nakamura.ak@...esas.com>,
	Yoshihiro Kaneko <ykaneko0929@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH kernel 1/4] sh_eth: Remove RX overflow log messages

If RX traffic is overflowing the FIFO or DMA ring, logging every time
this happens just makes things worse.  These errors are visible in the
statistics anyway.

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben.hutchings@...ethink.co.uk>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c |    3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c
index 2c4820a..3b49375 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,6 @@ ignore_link:
 		if (intr_status & EESR_RFRMER) {
 			/* Receive Frame Overflow int */
 			ndev->stats.rx_frame_errors++;
-			netif_err(mdp, rx_err, ndev, "Receive Abort\n");
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1594,13 +1593,11 @@ ignore_link:
 	if (intr_status & EESR_RDE) {
 		/* Receive Descriptor Empty int */
 		ndev->stats.rx_over_errors++;
-		netif_err(mdp, rx_err, ndev, "Receive Descriptor Empty\n");
 	}
 
 	if (intr_status & EESR_RFE) {
 		/* Receive FIFO Overflow int */
 		ndev->stats.rx_fifo_errors++;
-		netif_err(mdp, rx_err, ndev, "Receive FIFO Overflow\n");
 	}
 
 	if (!mdp->cd->no_ade && (intr_status & EESR_ADE)) {
-- 
1.7.10.4




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