linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next V3] tun/macvtap: use consume_skb() instead of kfree

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Date:	Mon, 01 Dec 2014 05:43:15 +0008
From:	Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	mst@...hat.com, eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next V3] tun/macvtap: use consume_skb() instead of
 kfree_skb() when needed



On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 1:03 PM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> 
wrote:
> From: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
> Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 14:36:06 +0800
> 
>>  To be more friendly with drop monitor, we should only call 
>> kfree_skb() when
>>  the packets were dropped and use consume_skb() in other cases.
>>  
>>  Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
>>  Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
>>  ---
>>  Changes from V2:
>>  - use unlikely() when necessary
>>  Changes from V1:
>>  - check the return value of tun/macvtap_put_user()
> 
> This does not apply cleanly to net-next and will thus need to
> be respun, thanks.

Will post V3.

Thanks

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