Re: [PATCH net v3 2/2] net: dlink: handle copy_thresh allocation failure

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Wed, 17 Sep 2025 03:33:05 +0900 Yeounsu Moon wrote:
> @@ -965,14 +965,11 @@ receive_packet (struct net_device *dev)
>  			struct sk_buff *skb;
>  
>  			/* Small skbuffs for short packets */
> -			if (pkt_len > copy_thresh) {
> -				dma_unmap_single(&np->pdev->dev,
> -						 desc_to_dma(desc),
> -						 np->rx_buf_sz,
> -						 DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
> -				skb_put(skb = np->rx_skbuff[entry], pkt_len);
> -				np->rx_skbuff[entry] = NULL;
> -			} else if ((skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(dev, pkt_len))) {
> +			if (pkt_len <= copy_thresh) {
> +				skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(dev, pkt_len);
> +				if (!skb)
> +					goto fallback_to_normal_path;

The goto looks pretty awkward.

	skb = NULL;
	if (pkt_len <= copy_thresh)
		skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(dev, pkt_len);
	if (!skb) {
		// existing non-copy path
	} else {
		// existing copybreak path
	}