netdev - [PATCH net-next] net: Use consume_skb() to free gso segmented skb

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Date:	Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:02:42 -0700
From:	Sridhar Samudrala <sri@...ibm.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next] net: Use consume_skb() to free gso segmented skb

Use consume_skb() to free the original skb that is successfully transmitted 
as gso segmented skbs so that it is not treated as a drop due to an error.

Signed-off-by: Sridhar Samudrala <sri@...ibm.com>
---

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 7c30dce..4040673 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2565,8 +2565,11 @@ gso:
 	} while (skb->next);
 
 out_kfree_gso_skb:
-	if (likely(skb->next == NULL))
+	if (likely(skb->next == NULL)) {
 		skb->destructor = DEV_GSO_CB(skb)->destructor;
+		consume_skb(skb);
+		return rc;
+	}
 out_kfree_skb:
 	kfree_skb(skb);
 out:


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