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 <lsanfil@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 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