netdev - [PATCH net-next] netlink: dont drop packet but consume it

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Date:	Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:24:28 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] netlink: dont drop packet but consume it

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

When we need to clone skb, we dont drop a packet.
Call consume_skb() to not confuse dropwatch.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
---
 net/netlink/af_netlink.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index faa48f7..da87214 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *netlink_trim(struct sk_buff *skb, gfp_t allocation)
 		struct sk_buff *nskb = skb_clone(skb, allocation);
 		if (!nskb)
 			return skb;
-		kfree_skb(skb);
+		consume_skb(skb);
 		skb = nskb;
 	}
 


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