Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dlink: count tx_dropped when dropping skb on link down

[Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>]

On Tue, Jan 06, 2026 at 09:23:51PM +0900, Yeounsu Moon wrote:
> Increment tx_dropped when dropping the skb due to link down.
> 
> Tested-on: D-Link DGE-550T Rev-A3
> Signed-off-by: Yeounsu Moon <yyyynoom@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/dl2k.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/dl2k.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/dl2k.c
> index 846d58c769ea..edc6cd64ac56 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/dl2k.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/dl2k.c
> @@ -733,6 +733,7 @@ start_xmit (struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
>  	u64 tfc_vlan_tag = 0;
>  
>  	if (np->link_status == 0) {	/* Link Down */
> +		dev->stats.tx_dropped++;

Do you see this being hit very often? It should be that as soon as you
know the link is down, you tell the core, and it will stop calling
start_xmit. If you see this counter being incremented a lot, it
indicates there is a problem somewhere else.

You might want to consider converting this driver to phylink.

	  Andrew