Re: [PATCH net-next V2] tun/macvtap: use consume_skb() instead of kfree_skb() when needed

[Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>]

On 11/26/2014 09:47 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 03:43:30PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
>> >To be more friendly with drop monitor, we should only call kfree_skb() when
>> >the packets were dropped and use consume_skb() in other cases.
>> >
>> >Cc: Eric Dumazet<eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
>> >Signed-off-by: Jason Wang<jasowang@redhat.com>
>> >---
>> >Changes from V1:
>> >- check the return value of tun/macvtap_put_user()
>> >---
>> >  drivers/net/macvtap.c | 5 ++++-
>> >  drivers/net/tun.c     | 5 ++++-
>> >  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>> >
>> >diff --git a/drivers/net/macvtap.c b/drivers/net/macvtap.c
>> >index 42a80d3..c171ab6 100644
>> >--- a/drivers/net/macvtap.c
>> >+++ b/drivers/net/macvtap.c
>> >@@ -862,7 +862,10 @@ 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);
>> >+		if (ret < 0)
> Maybe unlikely() here?
>

Better, will post V3.

Thanks