netdev - [RFC PATCH net-next] net: use a dedicated tracepoint for kfree_skb

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Date:   Fri, 23 Oct 2020 22:52:14 +0200
From:   Davide Caratti <dcaratti@...hat.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>,
        Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>, linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Subject: [RFC PATCH net-next] net: use a dedicated tracepoint for kfree_skb_list()

kfree_skb_list() calls kfree_skb(), thus triggering as many dropwatch
events as the number of skbs in the list. This can disturb the analysis
of packet drops, e.g. with fragmented echo requests generated by ICMP
sockets, or with regular SCTP packets: when consume_skb() frees them,
the kernel's drop monitor may wrongly account for several packet drops:

 consume skb()
   skb_release_data()
     kfree_skb_list()
       kfree_skb() <-- false dropwatch event

don't call kfree_skb() when freeing a skb list, use a dedicated
tracepoint instead. By printing "cur" and "next", it also becomes
possible to reconstruct the skb list from its members.

Signed-off-by: Davide Caratti <dcaratti@...hat.com>
---
 include/trace/events/skb.h | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 net/core/skbuff.c          |  6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/trace/events/skb.h b/include/trace/events/skb.h
index 9e92f22eb086..b16e3544bbbe 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/skb.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/skb.h
@@ -51,6 +51,25 @@ TRACE_EVENT(consume_skb,
 	TP_printk("skbaddr=%p", __entry->skbaddr)
 );
 
+TRACE_EVENT(kfree_skb_list,
+
+	TP_PROTO(struct sk_buff *cur, struct sk_buff *next),
+
+	TP_ARGS(cur, next),
+
+	TP_STRUCT__entry(
+		__field(	void *,	cur_addr	)
+		__field(	void *,	next_addr	)
+	),
+
+	TP_fast_assign(
+		__entry->cur_addr = cur;
+		__entry->next_addr = next;
+	),
+
+	TP_printk("cur=%p next=%p", __entry->cur_addr, __entry->next_addr)
+);
+
 TRACE_EVENT(skb_copy_datagram_iovec,
 
 	TP_PROTO(const struct sk_buff *skb, int len),
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 1ba8f0163744..7ed6bfc5dfd0 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -702,7 +702,11 @@ void kfree_skb_list(struct sk_buff *segs)
 	while (segs) {
 		struct sk_buff *next = segs->next;
 
-		kfree_skb(segs);
+		if (!skb_unref(segs))
+			continue;
+
+		trace_kfree_skb_list(segs, next);
+		__kfree_skb(segs);
 		segs = next;
 	}
 }
-- 
2.26.2