netdev - [PATCH net-next] qede - Add a statistic for a case where driver drops tx packet due to memory allocation failure.

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Date:   Thu, 29 Nov 2018 10:50:19 +0200
From:   Michael Shteinbok <michael.shteinbok@...ium.com>
To:     <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Michael Shteinbok <michael.shteinbok@...ium.com>,
        Ariel Elior <ariel.elior@...ium.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] qede - Add a statistic for a case where driver drops tx packet due to memory allocation failure.

skb_linearization can fail due to memory allocation failure.
In such a case, the driver will drop the packet. In such a case
The driver used to print an error message.
This patch replaces this error message by a dedicated statistic.

Signed-off-by: Michael Shteinbok <michael.shteinbok@...ium.com>
Signed-off-by: Ariel Elior <ariel.elior@...ium.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede.h         | 1 +
 drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_ethtool.c | 1 +
 drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_fp.c      | 4 ++--
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede.h
index de98a97..5084dc9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede.h
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ struct qede_tx_queue {
 
 	u64 xmit_pkts;
 	u64 stopped_cnt;
+	u64 tx_mem_alloc_err;
 
 	__le16 *hw_cons_ptr;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_ethtool.c
index 8cbbd62..16331c6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_ethtool.c
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
 } qede_tqstats_arr[] = {
 	QEDE_TQSTAT(xmit_pkts),
 	QEDE_TQSTAT(stopped_cnt),
+	QEDE_TQSTAT(tx_mem_alloc_err),
 };
 
 #define QEDE_STAT_OFFSET(stat_name, type, base) \
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_fp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_fp.c
index 1a78027..bdf816f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_fp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_fp.c
@@ -1466,8 +1466,8 @@ netdev_tx_t qede_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev)
 #if ((MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 2) > ETH_TX_MAX_BDS_PER_NON_LSO_PACKET)
 	if (qede_pkt_req_lin(skb, xmit_type)) {
 		if (skb_linearize(skb)) {
-			DP_NOTICE(edev,
-				  "SKB linearization failed - silently dropping this SKB\n");
+			txq->tx_mem_alloc_err++;
+
 			dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
 			return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 		}
-- 
1.8.3.1