netdev - [net-next PATCH 09/11] RFC: dummy: bulk free SKBs

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Date:	Tue, 02 Feb 2016 22:14:49 +0100
From:	Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>, tom@...bertland.com,
	Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>,
	alexei.starovoitov@...il.com,
	Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>,
	ogerlitz@...lanox.com, gerlitz.or@...il.com
Subject: [net-next PATCH 09/11] RFC: dummy: bulk free SKBs

Normal TX completion uses napi_consume_skb(), thus also make dummy driver
use this, as it make it easier to see the effect of bulk freeing SKBs.

---
 drivers/net/dummy.c |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/dummy.c b/drivers/net/dummy.c
index 69fc8409a973..985565ec5d60 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dummy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dummy.c
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t dummy_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	dstats->tx_bytes += skb->len;
 	u64_stats_update_end(&dstats->syncp);
 
-	dev_kfree_skb(skb);
+	//dev_kfree_skb(skb);
+	napi_consume_skb(skb, 1);
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 }