netdev - Re: [PATCH v8 net-next] net: drop_monitor: support drop reason

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Date:   Wed, 9 Feb 2022 18:22:11 +0200
From:   Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>
To:     menglong8.dong@...il.com
Cc:     nhorman@...driver.com, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, dsahern@...nel.org,
        Menglong Dong <imagedong@...cent.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 net-next] net: drop_monitor: support drop reason

On Wed, Feb 09, 2022 at 02:08:38PM +0800, menglong8.dong@...il.com wrote:
> From: Menglong Dong <imagedong@...cent.com>
> 
> In the commit c504e5c2f964 ("net: skb: introduce kfree_skb_reason()")
> drop reason is introduced to the tracepoint of kfree_skb. Therefore,
> drop_monitor is able to report the drop reason to users by netlink.
> 
> The drop reasons are reported as string to users, which is exactly
> the same as what we do when reporting it to ftrace.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Menglong Dong <imagedong@...cent.com>

Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>