6.10-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@xxxxxxxxx> commit d516b187a9cc2e842030dd005be2735db3e8f395 upstream. The skb isn't consumed in case of NETDEV_TX_BUSY, therefore don't increment the tx_dropped counter. Fixes: 188f4af04618 ("r8169: use NETDEV_TX_{BUSY/OK}") Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Wojciech Drewek <wojciech.drewek@xxxxxxxxx> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/bbba9c48-8bac-4932-9aa1-d2ed63bc9433@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c | 8 ++------ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c @@ -4347,7 +4347,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t rtl8169_start_xmit(st if (unlikely(!rtl_tx_slots_avail(tp))) { if (net_ratelimit()) netdev_err(dev, "BUG! Tx Ring full when queue awake!\n"); - goto err_stop_0; + netif_stop_queue(dev); + return NETDEV_TX_BUSY; } opts[1] = rtl8169_tx_vlan_tag(skb); @@ -4403,11 +4404,6 @@ err_dma_0: dev_kfree_skb_any(skb); dev->stats.tx_dropped++; return NETDEV_TX_OK; - -err_stop_0: - netif_stop_queue(dev); - dev->stats.tx_dropped++; - return NETDEV_TX_BUSY; } static unsigned int rtl_last_frag_len(struct sk_buff *skb)