[PATCH V4 net-next] tun/macvtap: use consume_skb() instead of kfree_skb() when needed

Subsystems: networking drivers, the rest, tun/tap driver

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3 messages, 3 authors, 2014-12-06 · open the first message on its own page

[PATCH V4 net-next] tun/macvtap: use consume_skb() instead of kfree_skb() when needed

From: Jason Wang <hidden>
Date: 2014-12-01 08:53:45

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 <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <redacted>
---
Changes from V3:
- rebase to net-next.git
Changes from V2:
- use unlikely() when necessary
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 22b4cf2..ba1e5db 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvtap.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvtap.c
@@ -859,7 +859,10 @@ static ssize_t macvtap_do_read(struct macvtap_queue *q,
 	}
 	if (skb) {
 		ret = macvtap_put_user(q, skb, to);
-		kfree_skb(skb);
+		if (unlikely(ret < 0))
+			kfree_skb(skb);
+		else
+			consume_skb(skb);
 	}
 	if (!noblock)
 		finish_wait(sk_sleep(&q->sk), &wait);
diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index 6d44da1..9c58286 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -1362,7 +1362,10 @@ static ssize_t tun_do_read(struct tun_struct *tun, struct tun_file *tfile,
 		return 0;
 
 	ret = tun_put_user(tun, tfile, skb, to);
-	kfree_skb(skb);
+	if (unlikely(ret < 0))
+		kfree_skb(skb);
+	else
+		consume_skb(skb);
 
 	return ret;
 }
-- 
1.9.1

Re: [PATCH V4 net-next] tun/macvtap: use consume_skb() instead of kfree_skb() when needed

From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Date: 2014-12-01 09:30:28

On Mon, Dec 01, 2014 at 04:53:15PM +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 <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <redacted>
Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
quoted hunk
---
Changes from V3:
- rebase to net-next.git
Changes from V2:
- use unlikely() when necessary
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 22b4cf2..ba1e5db 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvtap.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvtap.c
@@ -859,7 +859,10 @@ static ssize_t macvtap_do_read(struct macvtap_queue *q,
 	}
 	if (skb) {
 		ret = macvtap_put_user(q, skb, to);
-		kfree_skb(skb);
+		if (unlikely(ret < 0))
+			kfree_skb(skb);
+		else
+			consume_skb(skb);
 	}
 	if (!noblock)
 		finish_wait(sk_sleep(&q->sk), &wait);
diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index 6d44da1..9c58286 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -1362,7 +1362,10 @@ static ssize_t tun_do_read(struct tun_struct *tun, struct tun_file *tfile,
 		return 0;
 
 	ret = tun_put_user(tun, tfile, skb, to);
-	kfree_skb(skb);
+	if (unlikely(ret < 0))
+		kfree_skb(skb);
+	else
+		consume_skb(skb);
 
 	return ret;
 }
-- 
1.9.1

Re: [PATCH V4 net-next] tun/macvtap: use consume_skb() instead of kfree_skb() when needed

From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2014-12-06 05:41:13

From: Jason Wang <redacted>
Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2014 16:53:15 +0800
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 <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <redacted>
Applied, thanks.
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