NETDEV_TX_BUSY really should only be used by drivers that call netif_tx_stop_queue() at the wrong moment. If dma_map_single() is failed to map tx DMA buffer, it might trigger an infinite loop. This patch use NETDEV_TX_OK instead of NETDEV_TX_BUSY, and change printk to pr_err_ratelimited. Fixes: d9fb9f384292 ("*sonic/natsemi/ns83829: Move the National Semi-conductor drivers") Signed-off-by: Mao Wenan <maowenan@xxxxxxxxxx> --- v2: change subject and description of patch, use NETDEV_TX_OK instead of NETDEV_TX_BUSY. drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/sonic.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/sonic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/sonic.c index d0a01e8f000a..18fd62fbfb64 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/sonic.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/sonic.c @@ -232,9 +232,9 @@ static int sonic_send_packet(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev) laddr = dma_map_single(lp->device, skb->data, length, DMA_TO_DEVICE); if (!laddr) { - printk(KERN_ERR "%s: failed to map tx DMA buffer.\n", dev->name); + pr_err_ratelimited("%s: failed to map tx DMA buffer.\n", dev->name); dev_kfree_skb(skb); - return NETDEV_TX_BUSY; + return NETDEV_TX_OK; } sonic_tda_put(dev, entry, SONIC_TD_STATUS, 0); /* clear status */ -- 2.20.1