Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH net-next] tun/macvtap: use consume_skb() instead of kfree_skb() in tun/macvtap_do_read() | From | Eric Dumazet <> | Date | Tue, 25 Nov 2014 22:26:00 -0800 |
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On Wed, 2014-11-26 at 14:08 +0800, Jason Wang wrote: > To be more friendly with drop monitor, we should use comsume_skb() instead > of kfree_skb() in tun/macvtap_do_read(). Otherwise, the packets will be > marked as dropped. > > Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com> > --- > drivers/net/macvtap.c | 2 +- > drivers/net/tun.c | 2 +- > 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/net/macvtap.c b/drivers/net/macvtap.c > index 42a80d3..74d1b23 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/macvtap.c > +++ b/drivers/net/macvtap.c > @@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ static ssize_t macvtap_do_read(struct macvtap_queue *q, > } > iov_iter_init(&iter, READ, iv, segs, len); > ret = macvtap_put_user(q, skb, &iter); > - kfree_skb(skb); > + consume_skb(skb); > break; > } > > diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c > index ac53a73..d7edeaf 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/tun.c > +++ b/drivers/net/tun.c > @@ -1363,7 +1363,7 @@ static ssize_t tun_do_read(struct tun_struct *tun, struct tun_file *tfile, > > iov_iter_init(&iter, READ, iv, segs, len); > ret = tun_put_user(tun, tfile, skb, &iter); > - kfree_skb(skb); > + consume_skb(skb); > > return ret; > }
These patches keep going on, but they are wrong.
If you care about drop monitor, then you want to not hide drops but precisely report them.
Surely tun_put_user() can return an error, and then packet _is_ dropped.
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