Re: [PATCH net-next v3 09/12] net: ethernet: oa_tc6: implement receive path to receive rx ethernet frames

[Parthiban.Veerasooran]

Hi Andrew,

On 08/03/24 5:44 am, Andrew Lunn wrote:
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>> +static int oa_tc6_allocate_rx_skb(struct oa_tc6 *tc6)
>> +{
>> +     tc6->rx_skb = netdev_alloc_skb(tc6->netdev, tc6->netdev->mtu + ETH_HLEN +
>> +                                    ETH_FCS_LEN + NET_IP_ALIGN);
>> +     if (!tc6->rx_skb) {
>> +             tc6->netdev->stats.rx_dropped++;
>> +             netdev_err(tc6->netdev, "Out of memory for rx'd frame");
> 
> If that happens, it is not something which will fix itself quickly. So
> you are likely to spam the logs. The counter on its own is probably
> enough.
Ok, then don't we need to convey this info in the dmesg to the user. For 
that shall we use net_err_ratelimited() instead of netdev_err()? Or we 
don't need any print at all?

Best regards,
Parthiban V
> 
>          Andrew
>