Thread (98 messages) 98 messages, 9 authors, 2015-01-26

Re: [PATCH] can: kvaser_usb: Don't free packets when tight on URBs

From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Date: 2015-01-01 21:59:28
Also in: lkml, netdev

On Tue, 23 Dec 2014 17:46:54 +0200
"Ahmed S. Darwish" [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
 	int ret = NETDEV_TX_OK;
+	bool kfree_skb_on_error = true;
 
 	if (can_dropped_invalid_skb(netdev, skb))
 		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
@@ -1336,6 +1337,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t kvaser_usb_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	if (!context) {
 		netdev_warn(netdev, "cannot find free context\n");
+		kfree_skb_on_error = false;
 		ret =  NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
You already have a flag value (ret == NETDEV_TX_BUSY), why
not use that instead of introducing another variable?
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