netdev - [PATCH net 1/3] net: ipa: certain dropped packets aren't accounted for

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Message-Id: <20220512151033.211592-2-elder@linaro.org>
Date:   Thu, 12 May 2022 10:10:31 -0500
From:   Alex Elder <elder@...aro.org>
To:     davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com
Cc:     lkp@...el.com, mka@...omium.org, evgreen@...omium.org,
        bjorn.andersson@...aro.org, quic_cpratapa@...cinc.com,
        quic_avuyyuru@...cinc.com, quic_jponduru@...cinc.com,
        quic_subashab@...cinc.com, elder@...nel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net 1/3] net: ipa: certain dropped packets aren't accounted for

If an RX endpoint receives packets containing status headers, and a
packet in the buffer is not dropped, ipa_endpoint_skb_copy() is
responsible for wrapping the packet data in an SKB and forwarding it
to ipa_modem_skb_rx() for further processing.

If ipa_endpoint_skb_copy() gets a null pointer from build_skb(), it
just returns early.  But in the process it doesn't record that as a
dropped packet in the network device statistics.

Instead, call ipa_modem_skb_rx() whether or not the SKB pointer is
NULL; that function ensures the statistics are properly updated.

Fixes: 1b65bbcc9a710 ("net: ipa: skip SKB copy if no netdev")
Signed-off-by: Alex Elder <elder@...aro.org>
---
 drivers/net/ipa/ipa_endpoint.c | 13 ++++++-------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_endpoint.c b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_endpoint.c
index 888e94278a84f..cea7b2e2ce969 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_endpoint.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_endpoint.c
@@ -1150,13 +1150,12 @@ static void ipa_endpoint_skb_copy(struct ipa_endpoint *endpoint,
 		return;
 
 	skb = __dev_alloc_skb(len, GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (!skb)
-		return;
-
-	/* Copy the data into the socket buffer and receive it */
-	skb_put(skb, len);
-	memcpy(skb->data, data, len);
-	skb->truesize += extra;
+	if (skb) {
+		/* Copy the data into the socket buffer and receive it */
+		skb_put(skb, len);
+		memcpy(skb->data, data, len);
+		skb->truesize += extra;
+	}
 
 	ipa_modem_skb_rx(endpoint->netdev, skb);
 }
-- 
2.32.0