From: Yang Wei <yang.w...@zte.com.cn> The skb should be freed by dev_consume_skb_any() in b44_start_xmit() when bounce_skb is used. The skb is be replaced by bounce_skb, so the original skb should be consumed(not drop).
dev_consume_skb_irq() should be called in b44_tx() when skb xmit done. It makes drop profiles(dropwatch, perf) more friendly. Signed-off-by: Yang Wei <yang.w...@zte.com.cn> --- drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/b44.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/b44.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/b44.c index f448089..97ab0dd 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/b44.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/b44.c @@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ static void b44_tx(struct b44 *bp) bytes_compl += skb->len; pkts_compl++; - dev_kfree_skb_irq(skb); + dev_consume_skb_irq(skb); } netdev_completed_queue(bp->dev, pkts_compl, bytes_compl); @@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t b44_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev) } skb_copy_from_linear_data(skb, skb_put(bounce_skb, len), len); - dev_kfree_skb_any(skb); + dev_consume_skb_any(skb); skb = bounce_skb; } -- 2.7.4