HARD_TX_LOCK(dev, txq, smp_processor_id());
if (!netif_tx_queue_stopped(txq) &&
- !netif_tx_queue_frozen(txq))
+ !netif_tx_queue_frozen(txq)) {
ret = dev_hard_start_xmit(skb, dev, txq);
+
+ /* an error implies that the skb was consumed */
+ if (ret < 0)
+ ret = NETDEV_TX_OK;
+ /* all NET_XMIT codes map to NETDEV_TX_OK */
+ ret &= ~NET_XMIT_MASK;
+ }
HARD_TX_UNLOCK(dev, txq);
spin_lock(root_lock);