Need help parsing dropwatch results
From: Timur Tabi <hidden>
Date: 2016-10-18 23:57:26
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? -- Qualcomm Datacenter Technologies, Inc. as an affiliate of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is a member of the Code Aurora Forum, a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project.