netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: Get rid of consume

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Date:   Fri, 21 Aug 2020 16:40:49 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: Get rid of consume_skb when tracing is off



On 8/21/20 3:23 PM, Herbert Xu wrote:
> The function consume_skb is only meaningful when tracing is enabled.
> This patch makes it conditional on CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
> 


I am not completely familiar with CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS

Is "perf probe" support requiring it ?

We want the following to be supported.

perf probe consume_skb