[PATCH v3 1/3] can: rockchip_canfd: prevent TX stall on echo skb failure

Cunhao Lu 1579567540 at qq.com
Thu Jul 30 06:48:38 PDT 2026


rkcanfd_start_xmit() advances tx_head and requests transmission even when
can_put_echo_skb() fails. This creates a pending TX entry without the echo
skb that the RXSTX completion path needs to match the self-received frame.
The entry cannot be completed, and the netdev TX queue can remain stopped
after the two-entry software FIFO fills.

Do not advance tx_head or request transmission if the echo skb cannot be
installed, and account the frame as dropped. Make can_put_echo_skb()
consume the skb on its remaining -EINVAL error path so that callers have
consistent skb ownership after an error.

Fixes: b6661d73290c ("can: rockchip_canfd: add TX PATH")
Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Cunhao Lu <1579567540 at qq.com>

---
Changes in v3:
- Move the -EINVAL skb free into can_put_echo_skb().
- Drop the redundant error message from rkcanfd_start_xmit().
---
 drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c                    | 1 +
 drivers/net/can/rockchip/rockchip_canfd-tx.c | 7 +++++--
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c b/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c
index 95fcdc1026f8..44ebeba99837 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ int can_put_echo_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	if (idx >= priv->echo_skb_max) {
 		netdev_err(dev, "%s: BUG! Trying to access can_priv::echo_skb out of bounds (%u/max %u)\n",
 			   __func__, idx, priv->echo_skb_max);
+		kfree_skb(skb);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/can/rockchip/rockchip_canfd-tx.c b/drivers/net/can/rockchip/rockchip_canfd-tx.c
index 12200dcfd338..b1954b72560c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/rockchip/rockchip_canfd-tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/rockchip/rockchip_canfd-tx.c
@@ -125,8 +125,11 @@ netdev_tx_t rkcanfd_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev)
 
 	frame_len = can_skb_get_frame_len(skb);
 	err = can_put_echo_skb(skb, ndev, tx_head, frame_len);
-	if (!err)
-		netdev_sent_queue(priv->ndev, frame_len);
+	if (err) {
+		ndev->stats.tx_dropped++;
+		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
+	}
+	netdev_sent_queue(priv->ndev, frame_len);
 
 	WRITE_ONCE(priv->tx_head, priv->tx_head + 1);
 

-- 
2.34.1




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