When driver can't allocate receive buffer it drops incoming packet. Keep a counter. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger --- drivers/net/sky2.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- 2.6.21-rc1.orig/drivers/net/sky2.c 2007-05-14 12:10:13.000000000 -0700 +++ 2.6.21-rc1/drivers/net/sky2.c 2007-05-14 12:10:16.000000000 -0700 @@ -2141,8 +2141,10 @@ static int sky2_status_intr(struct sky2_ switch (le->opcode & ~HW_OWNER) { case OP_RXSTAT: skb = sky2_receive(dev, length, status); - if (!skb) + if (unlikely(!skb)) { + sky2->net_stats.rx_dropped++; goto force_update; + } skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, dev); sky2->net_stats.rx_packets++; -- Stephen Hemminger - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html