linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v5 0/4] tun/tap: use kfree_skb

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Message-ID: <578fc0bd-56bd-e644-6cf8-1c6b203f0f8b@oracle.com>
Date:   Fri, 4 Mar 2022 06:52:08 -0800
From:   Dongli Zhang <dongli.zhang@...cle.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kuba@...nel.org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
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        andrii@...nel.org, imagedong@...cent.com,
        joao.m.martins@...cle.com, joe.jin@...cle.com, dsahern@...il.com,
        edumazet@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v5 0/4] tun/tap: use kfree_skb_reason() to trace
 dropped skb

Hi David,

On 3/4/22 4:25 AM, David Miller wrote:
> From: Dongli Zhang <dongli.zhang@...cle.com>
> Date: Thu,  3 Mar 2022 22:33:03 -0800
> 
>> The commit c504e5c2f964 ("net: skb: introduce kfree_skb_reason()") has
>> introduced the kfree_skb_reason() to help track the reason.
>>
>> The tun and tap are commonly used as virtio-net/vhost-net backend. This is to
>> use kfree_skb_reason() to trace the dropped skb for those two drivers. 
> 
> This patch series does not apply cleanly against net-next, plewase respin.
> 

Sorry for that. I will rebase to the most recent net-next.

Unfortunately, one patch just merged to net-next has already been in my patchset ...

https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/40f63798-2b85-c31c-9722-ee24d55093a8@oracle.com/

...  so that I will need to remove my PATCH 1/4 and rebase.

Thank you very much!

Dongli Zhang