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From: Timur Tabi <timur@codeaurora.org>
To: netdev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Need help parsing dropwatch results
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 18:57:24 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5806B6E4.1050004@codeaurora.org> (raw)

Using iperf3 and dropwatch, I discovered that my EMAC driver is dropping 
packets, a lot of them.  This driver is based on an internal version 
(written by someone else) that does not have this problem, so obviously 
there's a bug in my driver.  Unfortunately, I need help understanding 
where in my driver the bug could be.

dropwatch display this:

3297 drops at net_tx_action+0 (0xffff000008aa1108)
3671 drops at net_tx_action+0 (0xffff000008aa1108)
4055 drops at net_tx_action+0 (0xffff000008aa1108)
3976 drops at net_tx_action+0 (0xffff000008aa1108)
3847 drops at net_tx_action+0 (0xffff000008aa1108)
3933 drops at net_tx_action+0 (0xffff000008aa1108)
3933 drops at net_tx_action+0 (0xffff000008aa1108)
1376 drops at net_tx_action+0 (0xffff000008aa1108)

Can someone tell me what "drops at net_tx_action+0" actually means? How 
does a packet drop at net_tx_action() actually occur?  Where in the 
driver should I look for the problem?

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