On Tue, 24 Nov 2020 13:03:30 +0100 Łukasz Stelmach wrote: > +static int > +ax88796c_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev) > +{ > + struct ax88796c_device *ax_local = to_ax88796c_device(ndev); > + > + skb_queue_tail(&ax_local->tx_wait_q, skb); > + if (skb_queue_len(&ax_local->tx_wait_q) > TX_QUEUE_HIGH_WATER) { > + netif_err(ax_local, tx_queued, ndev, > + "Too many TX packets in queue %d\n", > + skb_queue_len(&ax_local->tx_wait_q)); This will probably happen under heavy traffic. No need to print errors, it's normal to back pressure. > + netif_stop_queue(ndev); > + } > + > + set_bit(EVENT_TX, &ax_local->flags); > + schedule_work(&ax_local->ax_work); > + > + return NETDEV_TX_OK; > +} > + > +static void > +ax88796c_skb_return(struct ax88796c_device *ax_local, struct sk_buff *skb, > + struct rx_header *rxhdr) > +{ > + struct net_device *ndev = ax_local->ndev; > + int status; > + > + do { > + if (!(ndev->features & NETIF_F_RXCSUM)) > + break; > + > + /* checksum error bit is set */ > + if ((rxhdr->flags & RX_HDR3_L3_ERR) || > + (rxhdr->flags & RX_HDR3_L4_ERR)) > + break; > + > + /* Other types may be indicated by more than one bit. */ > + if ((rxhdr->flags & RX_HDR3_L4_TYPE_TCP) || > + (rxhdr->flags & RX_HDR3_L4_TYPE_UDP)) > + skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY; > + } while (0); > + > + ax_local->stats.rx_packets++; > + ax_local->stats.rx_bytes += skb->len; > + skb->dev = ndev; > + > + skb->truesize = skb->len + sizeof(struct sk_buff); > + skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, ax_local->ndev); > + > + netif_info(ax_local, rx_status, ndev, "< rx, len %zu, type 0x%x\n", > + skb->len + sizeof(struct ethhdr), skb->protocol); > + > + status = netif_rx(skb); If I'm reading things right this is in process context, so netif_rx_ni() > + if (status != NET_RX_SUCCESS) > + netif_info(ax_local, rx_err, ndev, > + "netif_rx status %d\n", status); Again, it's inadvisable to put per packet prints without any rate limiting in the data path.