netdev - __dev_kfree_skb_any() and use of dev_kfree

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Date:   Tue, 2 Oct 2018 13:07:26 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, edumazet@...gle.com,
        nhorman@...driver.com
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net
Subject: __dev_kfree_skb_any() and use of dev_kfree_skb()

Hi Eric, Neil,

Should not __dev_kfree_skb_any() call kfree_skb() instead of
dev_kfree_skb() which is aliased to consumes_skb() and therefore does
not flag the skb with SKB_REASON_DROPPED?

If we take the in_irq() || irqs_disabled() branch, we will be calling
__dev_kfree_skb_irq() which takes care of setting the skb_free_reason
frmo the caller.

Is there an implied semantic with dev_kfree_skb() that it means it was
freed by the network device and therefore this equals to a consumption
(not a drop)? The comment above dev_kfree_skb_any() seems to imply this
should be a context unaware replacement for kfree_skb().

Thanks!
-- 
Florian