netdev - [PATCH net] virtio_net: be drop monitor friend

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Date:   Thu, 24 Aug 2017 09:02:49 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
        Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH net] virtio_net: be drop monitor friend

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

This change is needed to not fool drop monitor.
(perf record ... -e skb:kfree_skb )

Packets were properly sent and are consumed after TX completion.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
---
 drivers/net/virtio_net.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index 98f17b05c68b..b06169ea60dc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ static void free_old_xmit_skbs(struct send_queue *sq)
 		bytes += skb->len;
 		packets++;
 
-		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
+		dev_consume_skb_any(skb);
 	}
 
 	/* Avoid overhead when no packets have been processed