netdev - [PATCH net-next] packet: dont drop packet but consume it

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Message-ID: <1334838282.2395.153.camel@edumazet-glaptop>
Date:	Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:24:42 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] packet: dont drop packet but consume it

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

When we need to clone skb, we dont drop a packet.
Call consume_skb() to not confuse dropwatch.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
---
 net/packet/af_packet.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index d2b5f65..40053a0 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -1654,7 +1654,7 @@ static int packet_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 			skb->data = skb_head;
 			skb->len = skb_len;
 		}
-		kfree_skb(skb);
+		consume_skb(skb);
 		skb = nskb;
 	}
 


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