netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v4] packet: uses kfree

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Date:	Thu, 14 Apr 2016 17:53:26 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	weongyo.linux@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, willemb@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4] packet: uses kfree_skb() for errors.

From: Weongyo Jeong <weongyo.linux@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 14:10:04 -0700

> consume_skb() isn't for error cases that kfree_skb() is more proper
> one.  At this patch, it fixed tpacket_rcv() and packet_rcv() to be
> consistent for error or non-error cases letting perf trace its event
> properly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Weongyo Jeong <weongyo.linux@...il.com>

Applied, thanks.