On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 7:23 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gre...@linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 03:24:14PM +0800, ZHAO Gang wrote: >> As TODO file suggested, drop packet instead of return NETDEV_TX_BUSY >> when tx failed. > > Really? That's ok to do? Seems like you are changing the logic of the > function a lot here, how does the code let userspace know packets were > dropped then? >
The TODO file said: - In et131x_tx(), don't return NETDEV_TX_BUSY, just drop the packet with kfree_skb(). I think I did what the TODO file suggested, the real logic change is when tx_ring is full, instead of return NETDEV_TX_BUSY, drop packet and return NETDEV_TX_OK. But a `git grep` shows that many ethernet drivers return NETDEV_TX_BUSY, maybe the best practice is to return NETDEV_TX_BUSY ? If it is, we should remove this item from TODO file. > greg k-h _______________________________________________ devel mailing list de...@linuxdriverproject.org http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
