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Date:   Sat, 28 Jul 2018 11:34:22 +0800
From:   Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@...il.com>
To:     Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] tcp: call tcp_drop() in tcp collapse

On Sat, Jul 28, 2018 at 11:06 AM, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 8:02 PM Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@...il.com> wrote:
>>
>> When this SKB is dropped, we should add the counter sk_drops.
>> That could help us better tracking this behavior.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@...il.com>
>> ---
>>  net/ipv4/tcp_input.c | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
>> index d51fa35..90f83eb 100644
>> --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
>> +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
>> @@ -4802,7 +4802,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *tcp_collapse_one(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
>>         else
>>                 rb_erase(&skb->rbnode, root);
>>
>> -       __kfree_skb(skb);
>> +       tcp_drop(sk, skb);
>
>
> Absolutely not.
>
> We do not drop the packet, we have simply lowered the memory overhead.

So what about LINUX_MIB_TCPOFOMERGE ?
Regarding LINUX_MIB_TCPOFOMERGE,  a skb is already covered by another
skb, is that dropping the packet or simply lowering the memory
overhead ?

Thanks
Yafang