Thread (23 messages) 23 messages, 4 authors, 2010-09-07

Re: [PATCH v4 4/5] skb: add tracepoints to freeing skb

From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2010-08-24 03:52:52
Also in: lkml

From: Koki Sanagi <redacted>
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:46:12 +0900
This patch adds tracepoint to consume_skb and add trace_kfree_skb before
__kfree_skb in skb_free_datagram_locked and net_tx_action.
Combinating with tracepoint on dev_hard_start_xmit, we can check how long it
takes to free transmited packets. And using it, we can calculate how many
packets driver had at that time. It is useful when a drop of transmited packet
is a problem.

            sshd-6828  [000] 112689.258154: consume_skb: skbaddr=f2d99bb8

Signed-off-by: Koki Sanagi <redacted>
Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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