From: "Théo Lebrun" <theo.lebrun@bootlin.com>
To: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@microchip.com>,
Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@tuxon.dev>,
Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@atmel.com>,
Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Cc: "Paolo Valerio" <pvalerio@redhat.com>,
"Conor Dooley" <conor@kernel.org>,
"Nicolai Buchwitz" <nb@tipi-net.de>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"Vladimir Kondratiev" <vladimir.kondratiev@mobileye.com>,
"Gregory CLEMENT" <gregory.clement@bootlin.com>,
"Benoît Monin" <benoit.monin@bootlin.com>,
"Tawfik Bayouk" <tawfik.bayouk@mobileye.com>,
"Thomas Petazzoni" <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>,
"Maxime Chevallier" <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>,
"Théo Lebrun" <theo.lebrun@bootlin.com>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net v2 1/4] net: macb: give reasons for Tx SKB kfree
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:32:57 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260428-macb-drop-tx-v2-1-647f5199d8df@bootlin.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260428-macb-drop-tx-v2-0-647f5199d8df@bootlin.com>
Using dev_consume_skb_any() marks the drop reason as SKB_CONSUMED every
time we free a Tx SKB. Instead, replace by SKB_DROP_REASON_NOT_SPECIFIED
when packet has been dropped without sending.
It is not precise but at least differs from SKB_CONSUMED and is used by
many drivers for their error codepaths through dev_kfree_skb_{any,irq}().
Pass a reason around rather than call dev_consume_skb_any() or
dev_kfree_skb_any() because macb_tx_unmap() is called for cleanup in
all cases.
macb_tx_error_task() is made complex because some SKBs encountered have
been successfully sent.
Fixes: 89e5785fc8a6 ("[PATCH] Atmel MACB ethernet driver")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Théo Lebrun <theo.lebrun@bootlin.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
index a12aa21244e8..9caae1ef52b1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
@@ -1201,7 +1201,8 @@ static int macb_halt_tx(struct macb *bp)
bp, TSR);
}
-static void macb_tx_unmap(struct macb *bp, struct macb_tx_skb *tx_skb, int budget)
+static void macb_tx_unmap(struct macb *bp, struct macb_tx_skb *tx_skb,
+ int budget, enum skb_drop_reason reason)
{
if (tx_skb->mapping) {
if (tx_skb->mapped_as_page)
@@ -1214,7 +1215,7 @@ static void macb_tx_unmap(struct macb *bp, struct macb_tx_skb *tx_skb, int budge
}
if (tx_skb->skb) {
- dev_consume_skb_any(tx_skb->skb);
+ dev_kfree_skb_any_reason(tx_skb->skb, reason);
tx_skb->skb = NULL;
}
}
@@ -1297,7 +1298,8 @@ static void macb_tx_error_task(struct work_struct *work)
* Free transmit buffers in upper layer.
*/
for (tail = queue->tx_tail; tail != queue->tx_head; tail++) {
- u32 ctrl;
+ enum skb_drop_reason reason = SKB_DROP_REASON_NOT_SPECIFIED;
+ u32 ctrl;
desc = macb_tx_desc(queue, tail);
ctrl = desc->ctrl;
@@ -1307,7 +1309,10 @@ static void macb_tx_error_task(struct work_struct *work)
if (ctrl & MACB_BIT(TX_USED)) {
/* skb is set for the last buffer of the frame */
while (!skb) {
- macb_tx_unmap(bp, tx_skb, 0);
+ /* The reason parameter is unused because it
+ * only matters when skb is valid.
+ */
+ macb_tx_unmap(bp, tx_skb, 0, SKB_CONSUMED);
tail++;
tx_skb = macb_tx_skb(queue, tail);
skb = tx_skb->skb;
@@ -1326,6 +1331,7 @@ static void macb_tx_error_task(struct work_struct *work)
bp->dev->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
queue->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
bytes += skb->len;
+ reason = SKB_CONSUMED;
}
} else {
/* "Buffers exhausted mid-frame" errors may only happen
@@ -1339,7 +1345,7 @@ static void macb_tx_error_task(struct work_struct *work)
desc->ctrl = ctrl | MACB_BIT(TX_USED);
}
- macb_tx_unmap(bp, tx_skb, 0);
+ macb_tx_unmap(bp, tx_skb, 0, reason);
}
netdev_tx_completed_queue(netdev_get_tx_queue(bp->dev, queue_index),
@@ -1458,7 +1464,7 @@ static int macb_tx_complete(struct macb_queue *queue, int budget)
}
/* Now we can safely release resources */
- macb_tx_unmap(bp, tx_skb, budget);
+ macb_tx_unmap(bp, tx_skb, budget, SKB_CONSUMED);
/* skb is set only for the last buffer of the frame.
* WARNING: at this point skb has been freed by
@@ -2357,7 +2363,11 @@ static unsigned int macb_tx_map(struct macb *bp,
for (i = queue->tx_head; i != tx_head; i++) {
tx_skb = macb_tx_skb(queue, i);
- macb_tx_unmap(bp, tx_skb, 0);
+ /* The reason parameter is unused, tx_skb->skb has not yet
+ * been assigned. Parent caller is responsible for freeing
+ * the SKB.
+ */
+ macb_tx_unmap(bp, tx_skb, 0, SKB_DROP_REASON_NOT_SPECIFIED);
}
return -ENOMEM;
--
2.54.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-28 16:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-28 16:32 [PATCH net v2 0/4] Drop in-flight Tx SKBs on MACB close Théo Lebrun
2026-04-28 16:32 ` Théo Lebrun [this message]
2026-04-28 21:21 ` [PATCH net v2 1/4] net: macb: give reasons for Tx SKB kfree Nicolai Buchwitz
2026-04-28 16:32 ` [PATCH net v2 2/4] net: macb: drop in-flight Tx SKBs on close Théo Lebrun
2026-04-28 21:30 ` Nicolai Buchwitz
2026-04-29 9:26 ` Théo Lebrun
2026-04-29 22:14 ` Nicolai Buchwitz
2026-04-30 2:34 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-04-30 7:14 ` Nicolai Buchwitz
2026-04-30 16:20 ` Théo Lebrun
2026-04-30 23:54 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-04-28 16:32 ` [PATCH net v2 3/4] net: macb: increment stats.tx_dropped on tx error Théo Lebrun
2026-04-28 21:25 ` Nicolai Buchwitz
2026-04-28 16:33 ` [PATCH net v2 4/4] net: macb: increment stats.tx_dropped on DMA map error Théo Lebrun
2026-04-28 21:26 ` Nicolai Buchwitz
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