linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 net] net: sonic: return NETDEV_TX

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Message-ID: <20190905015712.107173-1-maowenan@huawei.com>
Date:   Thu, 5 Sep 2019 09:57:12 +0800
From:   Mao Wenan <maowenan@...wei.com>
To:     <eric.dumazet@...il.com>, <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
        <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>, Mao Wenan <maowenan@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 net] net: sonic: return NETDEV_TX_OK if failed to map buffer

NETDEV_TX_BUSY really should only be used by drivers that call
netif_tx_stop_queue() at the wrong moment. If dma_map_single() is
failed to map tx DMA buffer, it might trigger an infinite loop.
This patch use NETDEV_TX_OK instead of NETDEV_TX_BUSY, and change
printk to pr_err_ratelimited.

Fixes: d9fb9f384292 ("*sonic/natsemi/ns83829: Move the National Semi-conductor drivers")
Signed-off-by: Mao Wenan <maowenan@...wei.com>
---
 v2: change subject and description of patch, use NETDEV_TX_OK instead of NETDEV_TX_BUSY.
 drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/sonic.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/sonic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/sonic.c
index d0a01e8f000a..18fd62fbfb64 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/sonic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/sonic.c
@@ -232,9 +232,9 @@ static int sonic_send_packet(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
 	laddr = dma_map_single(lp->device, skb->data, length, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 	if (!laddr) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: failed to map tx DMA buffer.\n", dev->name);
+		pr_err_ratelimited("%s: failed to map tx DMA buffer.\n", dev->name);
 		dev_kfree_skb(skb);
-		return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
+		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 	}
 
 	sonic_tda_put(dev, entry, SONIC_TD_STATUS, 0);       /* clear status */
-- 
2.20.1