netdev - Re: [REPOST patch net-next V6] net: introduce ethernet teaming device

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Message-ID: <1320908539.16265.2.camel@edumazet-laptop>
Date:	Thu, 10 Nov 2011 08:02:19 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
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	jesse@...ira.com, fbl@...hat.com, benjamin.poirier@...il.com,
	jzupka@...hat.com, ivecera@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [REPOST patch net-next V6] net: introduce ethernet teaming
 device

Le jeudi 10 novembre 2011 à 07:53 +0100, Eric Dumazet a écrit :
> Le jeudi 10 novembre 2011 à 07:48 +0100, Jiri Pirko a écrit :
> 
> > dev_kfree_skb is called from module transmit functions to handle free of
> > skb when needed. But I see now that in case when
> > (likely(!list_empty(&team->port_list) && team->mode_ops.transmit)) == false
> > this would leak. I'm going to rewrite this bit somehow.
> 
> This is the leak I mentioned, I thought it was obvious :)
> 
> If you return NETDEV_TX_OK, then the skb must have been consumed.

I meant : consumed or queued in a device transmit queue...


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