linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 net-next] packet: add a generic drop reason for receive

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Message-Id: <170184242618.7312.12769597881622263947.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date:   Wed, 06 Dec 2023 06:00:26 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Yan Zhai <yan@...udflare.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
        kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
        willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-team@...udflare.com, jesper@...udflare.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 net-next] packet: add a generic drop reason for receive

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Mon, 4 Dec 2023 11:33:28 -0800 you wrote:
> Commit da37845fdce2 ("packet: uses kfree_skb() for errors.") switches
> from consume_skb to kfree_skb to improve error handling. However, this
> could bring a lot of noises when we monitor real packet drops in
> kfree_skb[1], because in tpacket_rcv or packet_rcv only packet clones
> can be freed, not actual packets.
> 
> Adding a generic drop reason to allow distinguish these "clone drops".
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [v4,net-next] packet: add a generic drop reason for receive
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/2f57dd94bdef

You are awesome, thank you!
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