[PATCH v8 3/3] net: hisilicon: new hip04 ethernet driver

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Wednesday 10 December 2014 11:07:32 David Miller wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>
> Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 10:35:20 +0100
> 
> > On Wednesday 10 December 2014 14:45:29 Ding Tianhong wrote:
> >> 
> >> Miss this code, I think the best way is skb_orphan(skb), just like the cxgb3 drivers, some hardware
> >> didn't use the tx inq to free dmad Tx packages.
> > 
> > The problem with skb_orphan is that you are telling the network stack that
> > the packet is now out of its reach and it will no longer be able to take
> > queued packets into account.
> 
> skb_orphan() also does not release netfilter resources attached to the
> packet.
> 
> Really, all drivers must free TX SKBs in a small, finite, amount of
> time after submission.
> 
> There is no way around this.

I see. Do you see a problem with returning early from napi->poll()
without calling napi_complete() when the TX queue remains full at
the end of the poll function?

Or is there any better alternative for broken hardware that lacks
a TX-complete interrupt?

	Arnd