Re: [PATCH 01/07] 8139too: Support for byte queue limits

[Tino Reichardt <list-linux-netdev@mcmilk.de>]

* Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2013-10-14 at 20:26 +0200, Tino Reichardt wrote:
> > Changes to 8139too to use byte queue limits.
> > 
> > This patch was not tested on real hardware currently, but compiles fine and
> > should work.
> > 
> >  	tp->cur_tx = 0;
> >  	tp->dirty_tx = 0;
> > +	netdev_reset_queue(tp->dev);
> >  
> >  	/* XXX account for unsent Tx packets in tp->stats.tx_dropped */
> >  }
> > @@ -1733,6 +1735,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t rtl8139_start_xmit (struct sk_buff *skb,
> >  		   tp->tx_flag | max(len, (unsigned int)ETH_ZLEN));
> >  
> >  	tp->cur_tx++;
> > +	netdev_sent_queue(dev, len);
> >  
> 
> This looks wrong if len < ETH_ZLEN

Yes you are right. I looked to the debug statement in the end of that
function, so len had to be correct ... but it isn't ... yes :(

netif_dbg(tp, tx_queued, dev, "Queued Tx packet size %u to slot %d\n"...

Should a make len = max(len, ETH_ZLEN) there .. so the debug statement
is also correct?


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Best regards, TR