netdev - Re: Removing skb_orphan() from ip_rcv

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Message-ID: <429437d0-509d-aaaa-05bf-3a0f1f0391d6@mojatatu.com>
Date:   Tue, 25 Jun 2019 06:55:09 -0400
From:   Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
To:     Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
        Joe Stringer <joe@...d.net.nz>, Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
Cc:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        john fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Lorenz Bauer <lmb@...udflare.com>,
        Jakub Sitnicki <jakub@...udflare.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: Removing skb_orphan() from ip_rcv_core()

On 2019-06-24 12:49 p.m., Eric Dumazet wrote:
>  
> 
> Well, I would simply remove the skb_orphan() call completely.

My experience: You still need to call skb_orphan() from the lower level
(and set the skb destructor etc).

cheers,
jamal