netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: introduce dev_consume_skb

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Date:	Fri, 06 Dec 2013 15:24:36 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: introduce dev_consume_skb_any()

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2013 04:45:08 -0800

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> Some network drivers use dev_kfree_skb_any() and dev_kfree_skb_irq()
> helpers to free skbs, both for dropped packets and TX completed ones.
> 
> We need to separate the two causes to get better diagnostics
> given by dropwatch or "perf record -e skb:kfree_skb"
> 
> This patch provides two new helpers, dev_consume_skb_any() and
> dev_consume_skb_irq() to be used for consumed skbs.
> 
> __dev_kfree_skb_irq() is slightly optimized to remove one
> atomic_dec_and_test() in fast path, and use this_cpu_{r|w} accessors.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Applied, thanks Eric.
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