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

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Date:   Fri, 25 Aug 2017 00:42:58 +0300
From:   "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:     Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] virtio_net: be drop monitor friend

On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 09:02:49AM -0700, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> 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>

Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.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
>