netdev - Re: [PATCH] drop_monitor: convert some kfree_skb call sites to consume

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Date:	Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:28:21 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	nhorman@...driver.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, eparis@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drop_monitor: convert some kfree_skb call sites to
 consume_skb

From: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:45:56 -0400

> Convert a few calls from kfree_skb to consume_skb
> 
> Noticed while I was working on dropwatch that I was detecting lots of internal
> skb drops in several places.  While some are legitimate, several were not,
> freeing skbs that were at the end of their life, rather than being discarded due
> to an error.  This patch converts those calls sites from using kfree_skb to
> consume_skb, which quiets the in-kernel drop_monitor code from detecting them as
> drops.  Tested successfully by myself
> 
> Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>

Applied.
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