From: Eric Dumazet Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 07:53:26 +0000 (+0000) Subject: mlx4: dont orphan skbs in mlx4_en_xmit() X-Git-Tag: omap-for-v3.7-rc1/fixes-cpufreq-signed~47^2~21 X-Git-Url: http://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8112ec3b8722680251aecdcc23dfd81aa7af6340;p=pandora-kernel.git mlx4: dont orphan skbs in mlx4_en_xmit() After commit e22979d96a55d (mlx4_en: Moving to Interrupts for TX completions) we no longer need to orphan skbs in mlx4_en_xmit() since skb wont stay a long time in TX ring before their release. Orphaning skbs in ndo_start_xmit() should be avoided as much as possible, since it breaks TCP Small Queue or other flow control mechanisms (per socket limits) Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Acked-by: Yevgeny Petrilin Cc: Or Gerlitz Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- Reading git-diff-tree failed