From: Nicolai Buchwitz <nb@tipi-net.de>
To: "Théo Lebrun" <theo.lebrun@bootlin.com>
Cc: "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>,
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"Jeff Garzik" <jeff@garzik.org>,
"Conor Dooley" <conor.dooley@microchip.com>,
"Paolo Valerio" <pvalerio@redhat.com>,
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"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>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v3 1/2] net: macb: give reasons for Tx SKB kfree
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 11:49:07 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <739f87c219e04468fbe0453013a7342f@tipi-net.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260617-macb-drop-tx-v3-1-d4c7e57d890b@bootlin.com>
On 17.6.2026 11:17, Théo Lebrun wrote:
> 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>
> ---
Looks like my r-b from v2 was lost, but here it goes again :)
Reviewed-by: Nicolai Buchwitz <nb@tipi-net.de>
Thanks,
Nicolai
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-17 9:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-17 9:17 [PATCH net v3 0/2] Drop in-flight Tx SKBs on MACB close Théo Lebrun
2026-06-17 9:17 ` [PATCH net v3 1/2] net: macb: give reasons for Tx SKB kfree Théo Lebrun
2026-06-17 9:49 ` Nicolai Buchwitz [this message]
2026-06-17 9:17 ` [PATCH net v3 2/2] net: macb: drop in-flight Tx SKBs on close Théo Lebrun
2026-06-17 9:49 ` Nicolai Buchwitz
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