As documented in Documentation/networking/driver.rst, the ndo_start_xmit method must not return NETDEV_TX_BUSY under any normal circumstances, and as recommended, we simply stop the tx queue in advance, when there is a risk that the next xmit would cause a NETDEV_TX_BUSY return. Signed-off-by: Esben Haabendal <esben@geanix.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>