Simon Horman [off-list ref] writes:

On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 11:37:54AM +0100, Donald Hunter wrote:

quoted

Use consume_skb in the batch code path to avoid generating spurious
NOT_SPECIFIED skb drop reasons.

Signed-off-by: Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@gmail.com>

Hi Donald,

I do wonder if this is the correct approach. I'm happy to stand corrected,
but my understanding is that consume_skb() is for situations where the skb
is no longer needed for reasons other than errors. But some of these
call-sites do appear to be error paths of sorts.

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Hi Simon,

They all look to be application layer errors which are either
communicated back to the client or cause a replay. My understanding is
that consume_skb() should be used here since kfree_skb() now implies a
(transport?) drop.