netdev - Re: [PATCH net] macvtap: segmented packet is consumed

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Date:	Sun, 08 May 2016 23:44:08 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, vyasevic@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] macvtap: segmented packet is consumed

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 06 May 2016 05:58:21 -0700

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> If GSO packet is segmented and its segments are properly queued,
> we call consume_skb() instead of kfree_skb() to be drop monitor
> friendly.
> 
> Fixes: 3e4f8b7873709 ("macvtap: Perform GSO on forwarding path.")
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Cc: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@...hat.com>

Applied, thanks Eric.