Re: [PATCH] TCP: Replace __kfree_skb() with kfree_skb()
From: Jarek Poplawski <hidden>
Date: 2007-01-26 09:47:21
From: Jarek Poplawski <hidden>
Date: 2007-01-26 09:47:21
On Fri, Jan 26, 2007 at 08:16:06PM +1100, Herbert Xu wrote:
On Fri, Jan 26, 2007 at 09:28:38AM +0100, Jarek Poplawski wrote:quoted
So maybe for some time there should be added skb->users test with a warning to reveal this?Or just replace __kfree_skb by kfree_skb. The atomic operation (the expensive part of kfree_skb vs. __kfree_skb) is only taken when it is needed.
But:
This change might reveals a memory leak of skb. If it happens, it would be because someone doesn't deal with the skb properly.
How do we know about those improper deals? I understand there should be no other users here if it's __kfree_skb now. So I mean to test and warn before kfree_skb for some debugging time. Jarek P.