Re: stmmac ethernet in kernel 4.4: coalescing related pauses?

[Lino Sanfilippo]

Hi,

On 28.11.2016 15:54, David Miller wrote:

From: Lino Sanfilippo <lsan...@marvell.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2016 14:07:51 +0100

Calling skb_orphan() in the xmit handler made this issue disappear.

This is not the way to handle this problem.

I agree, its not a clean solution. But if the use of skb_orphan makes the delays
disappear, it can at least be a hint that socket queue limits are involved.

Regards,
Lino