netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2 1/2] gianfar: Replace skb_realloc_headroom with skb_cow

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Message-ID: <20201103175123.a5xq2ujd2kovtrnp@skbuf>
Date:   Tue, 3 Nov 2020 19:51:23 +0200
From:   Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@....com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "james.jurack@...tek.com" <james.jurack@...tek.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2 1/2] gianfar: Replace skb_realloc_headroom with
 skb_cow_head for PTP

On Tue, Nov 03, 2020 at 09:36:55AM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> IIRC we did this because too many drivers used dev_kfree_skb
> incorrectly and made the dropwatch output very noisy.

Nice, so that's why the drop monitor never complains with my misplaced
dev_kfree_skb_any calls...