netdev - [PATCH net] r8169: don't increment tx_dropped in case of NETDEV_TX

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Message-ID: <bbba9c48-8bac-4932-9aa1-d2ed63bc9433@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2024 21:51:52 +0200
From: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
To: Realtek linux nic maintainers <nic_swsd@...ltek.com>,
 Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
 David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc: "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net] r8169: don't increment tx_dropped in case of
 NETDEV_TX_BUSY

The skb isn't consumed in case of NETDEV_TX_BUSY, therefore don't
increment the tx_dropped counter.

Fixes: 188f4af04618 ("r8169: use NETDEV_TX_{BUSY/OK}")
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c | 8 ++------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c
index 714d2e804..3507c2e28 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c
@@ -4349,7 +4349,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t rtl8169_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (unlikely(!rtl_tx_slots_avail(tp))) {
 		if (net_ratelimit())
 			netdev_err(dev, "BUG! Tx Ring full when queue awake!\n");
-		goto err_stop_0;
+		netif_stop_queue(dev);
+		return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
 	}
 
 	opts[1] = rtl8169_tx_vlan_tag(skb);
@@ -4405,11 +4406,6 @@ static netdev_tx_t rtl8169_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
 	dev->stats.tx_dropped++;
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
-
-err_stop_0:
-	netif_stop_queue(dev);
-	dev->stats.tx_dropped++;
-	return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
 }
 
 static unsigned int rtl_last_frag_len(struct sk_buff *skb)
-- 
2.45.2