netdev - Re: [PATCH 16/54] cxgb4: Call dev_kfree/consume_skb_any instead of [dev_]kfree

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Message-ID: <1395760744.12610.135.camel@edumazet-glaptop2.roam.corp.google.com>
Date:	Tue, 25 Mar 2014 08:19:04 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, mpm@...enic.com, satyam.sharma@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 16/54] cxgb4: Call dev_kfree/consume_skb_any instead of
 [dev_]kfree_skb.

On Mon, 2014-03-24 at 23:05 -0700, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> From: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
> 
> Replace kfree_skb with dev_consume_skb_any in free_tx_desc that can be
> called in hard irq and other contexts. dev_consume_skb_any is used
> as this function consumes successfully transmitted skbs.
> 
> Replace dev_kfree_skb with dev_kfree_skb_any in t4_eth_xmit that can
> be called in hard irq and other contexts, on paths that drop the skb.
> 
> Replace dev_kfree_skb with dev_consume_skb_any in t4_eth_xmit that can
> be called in hard irq and other contexts, on paths that successfully
> transmit the skb.
> 
> Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
> ---

Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>


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