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* [PATCH net-next] net: skb_share_check() should use consume_skb()
@ 2012-08-04  6:54 Eric Dumazet
  2012-08-04  8:28 ` David Miller
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Eric Dumazet @ 2012-08-04  6:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: David Miller; +Cc: netdev

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>

In order to avoid false drop_monitor indications, we should
call consume_skb() if skb_clone() was successful.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
---
 include/linux/skbuff.h |    9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 7632c87..b33a3a1 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -846,13 +846,16 @@ static inline int skb_shared(const struct sk_buff *skb)
  *
  *	NULL is returned on a memory allocation failure.
  */
-static inline struct sk_buff *skb_share_check(struct sk_buff *skb,
-					      gfp_t pri)
+static inline struct sk_buff *skb_share_check(struct sk_buff *skb, gfp_t pri)
 {
 	might_sleep_if(pri & __GFP_WAIT);
 	if (skb_shared(skb)) {
 		struct sk_buff *nskb = skb_clone(skb, pri);
-		kfree_skb(skb);
+
+		if (likely(nskb))
+			consume_skb(skb);
+		else
+			kfree_skb(skb);
 		skb = nskb;
 	}
 	return skb;

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