linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: korina: remove busy skb free

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Date:   Mon, 14 Dec 2020 22:14:34 +0100
From:   Vincent Stehlé <vincent.stehle@...oste.net>
To:     Julian Wiedmann <jwi@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@...ecomint.eu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: korina: remove busy skb free

On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 11:03:12AM +0100, Julian Wiedmann wrote:
> On 13.12.20 18:20, Vincent Stehlé wrote:
...
> > @@ -216,7 +216,6 @@ static int korina_send_packet(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
> >  			netif_stop_queue(dev);
> >  		else {
> >  			dev->stats.tx_dropped++;
> > -			dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
> >  			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lp->lock, flags);
> >  
> >  			return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
> > 
> 
> As this skb is returned to the stack (and not dropped), the tx_dropped
> statistics increment looks bogus too.

Hi Julian,

Thanks for the review.
I will respin the patch to remove the statistics increment as well.

Best regards,
Vincent.