netdev - [PATCH net-next 4/8] ipv6: use SKB_DROP_REASON_PKT_TOO_BIG in ip6

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Message-ID: <20260130210303.3888261-5-edumazet@google.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 21:02:59 +0000
From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To: "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, 
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Cc: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>, David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>, 
	Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...gle.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com, 
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 4/8] ipv6: use SKB_DROP_REASON_PKT_TOO_BIG in ip6_xmit()

When a too big packet is dropped, use SKB_DROP_REASON_PKT_TOO_BIG.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
---
 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index 279d4daa85c442eb3db8add1d97c57c1ffbe820f..4bb61265f1d8f870dbfd60bd22b8ab78828fb4cd 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ int ip6_xmit(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, struct flowi6 *fl6,
 	ipv6_local_error((struct sock *)sk, EMSGSIZE, fl6, mtu);
 
 	IP6_INC_STATS(net, idev, IPSTATS_MIB_FRAGFAILS);
-	kfree_skb(skb);
+	kfree_skb_reason(skb, SKB_DROP_REASON_PKT_TOO_BIG);
 unlock:
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 	return ret;
-- 
2.53.0.rc1.225.gd81095ad13-goog