netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next V3] tun/macvtap: use consume_skb() instead of kfree

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Date:	Sat, 29 Nov 2014 21:03:50 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jasowang@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	mst@...hat.com, eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next V3] tun/macvtap: use consume_skb() instead of
 kfree_skb() when needed

From: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 14:36:06 +0800

> To be more friendly with drop monitor, we should only call kfree_skb() when
> the packets were dropped and use consume_skb() in other cases.
> 
> Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
> ---
> Changes from V2:
> - use unlikely() when necessary
> Changes from V1:
> - check the return value of tun/macvtap_put_user()

This does not apply cleanly to net-next and will thus need to
be respun, thanks.
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