From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] mlx4_en: Convert the normal skb free path to dev_consume_skb_any() Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 21:00:44 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20140903.210044.1260502858382972070.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20140903161800.301F629002CD@tardy> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, amirv@mellanox.com To: raj@tardy.usa.hp.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:52020 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750788AbaIDD7m (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Sep 2014 23:59:42 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20140903161800.301F629002CD@tardy> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: raj@tardy.usa.hp.com (Rick Jones) Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2014 09:18:00 -0700 (PDT) > From: Rick Jones > > It would appear the mlx4_en driver was still making a call to > dev_kfree_skb_any() where dev_consume_skb_any() would be more > appropriate. This should make dropped packet profiling/tracking > easier/better over a NIC driven by mlx4_en. > > Signed-off-by: Rick Jones Applied, thank you.