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From: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
To: Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@gmail.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>,
	Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@netfilter.org>,
	netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org, donald.hunter@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v1] netfilter: nfnetlink: convert kfree_skb to consume_skb
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2024 13:09:17 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240603120917.GY491852@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m2ed9ecrj4.fsf@gmail.com>

On Mon, Jun 03, 2024 at 10:19:27AM +0100, Donald Hunter wrote:
> Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org> writes:
> 
> > On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 11:37:54AM +0100, Donald Hunter wrote:
> >> Use consume_skb in the batch code path to avoid generating spurious
> >> NOT_SPECIFIED skb drop reasons.
> >> 
> >> Signed-off-by: Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@gmail.com>
> >
> > Hi Donald,
> >
> > I do wonder if this is the correct approach. I'm happy to stand corrected,
> > but my understanding is that consume_skb() is for situations where the skb
> > is no longer needed for reasons other than errors. But some of these
> > call-sites do appear to be error paths of sorts.
> >
> > ...
> 
> Hi Simon,
> 
> They all look to be application layer errors which are either
> communicated back to the client or cause a replay. My understanding is
> that consume_skb() should be used here since kfree_skb() now implies a
> (transport?) drop.

Hi Donald,

Thanks, that makes sense to me.

      reply	other threads:[~2024-06-03 12:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-05-28 10:37 [PATCH net-next v1] netfilter: nfnetlink: convert kfree_skb to consume_skb Donald Hunter
2024-05-31 16:14 ` Simon Horman
2024-06-03  9:19   ` Donald Hunter
2024-06-03 12:09     ` Simon Horman [this message]

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