netdev - Re: [PATCH 2.6.30] Network Drop Monitor: Make use of consume_skb() in af

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Date:	Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:38:53 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	oliver@...tkopp.net
Cc:	nhorman@...driver.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.30] Network Drop Monitor: Make use of consume_skb()
 in af_can.c

From: Oliver Hartkopp <oliver@...tkopp.net>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:58:29 +0200

> Since commit ead2ceb0ec9f85cff19c43b5cdb2f8a054484431 so called end-of-line
> points for skb's should use consume_skb() to free the socket buffer.
> 
> In opposite to consume_skb() the function kfree_skb() is intended to be used
> for unexpected skb drops e.g. in error conditions that now can trigger the
> network drop monitor if enabled.
> 
> This patch moves the skb end-of-line point in af_can.c to use consume_skb().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oliver Hartkopp <oliver@...tkopp.net>

Applied, thanks.
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