netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 02/10] net: skb: add SKB_DR

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Message-ID: <ZsSLB8pJInb7xbEc@shredder.mtl.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 15:24:39 +0300
From: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>
To: Menglong Dong <menglong8.dong@...il.com>
Cc: kuba@...nel.org, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
	pabeni@...hat.com, dsahern@...nel.org, dongml2@...natelecom.cn,
	amcohen@...dia.com, gnault@...hat.com, bpoirier@...dia.com,
	b.galvani@...il.com, razor@...ckwall.org, petrm@...dia.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 02/10] net: skb: add SKB_DR_RESET

On Thu, Aug 15, 2024 at 08:42:54PM +0800, Menglong Dong wrote:
> For now, the skb drop reason can be SKB_NOT_DROPPED_YET, which makes the
> kfree_skb_reason call consume_skb.

Maybe I'm missing something, but kfree_skb_reason() only calls
trace_consume_skb() if reason is SKB_CONSUMED. With SKB_NOT_DROPPED_YET
you will get a warning.

> In some case, we need to make sure that
> kfree_skb is called, which means the reason can't be SKB_NOT_DROPPED_YET.
> Introduce SKB_DR_RESET() to reset the reason to NOT_SPECIFIED if it is
> SKB_NOT_DROPPED_YET.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Menglong Dong <dongml2@...natelecom.cn>
> ---
>  include/net/dropreason-core.h | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/net/dropreason-core.h b/include/net/dropreason-core.h
> index 9707ab54fdd5..8da0129d1ed6 100644
> --- a/include/net/dropreason-core.h
> +++ b/include/net/dropreason-core.h
> @@ -445,5 +445,6 @@ enum skb_drop_reason {
>  		    name == SKB_NOT_DROPPED_YET)		\
>  			SKB_DR_SET(name, reason);		\
>  	} while (0)
> +#define SKB_DR_RESET(name) SKB_DR_OR(name, NOT_SPECIFIED)
>  
>  #endif
> -- 
> 2.39.2
>