consume_skb() isn't for error cases that kfree_skb() is more proper one. At this patch, it fixed tpacket_rcv() and packet_rcv() to be consistent for error or non-error cases letting perf trace its event properly.
Signed-off-by: Weongyo Jeong <weongyo.li...@gmail.com> --- net/packet/af_packet.c | 14 ++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c index 1ecfa71..4e054bb 100644 --- a/net/packet/af_packet.c +++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c @@ -2042,6 +2042,7 @@ static int packet_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, u8 *skb_head = skb->data; int skb_len = skb->len; unsigned int snaplen, res; + bool err = false; if (skb->pkt_type == PACKET_LOOPBACK) goto drop; @@ -2130,6 +2131,7 @@ static int packet_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, return 0; drop_n_acct: + err = true; spin_lock(&sk->sk_receive_queue.lock); po->stats.stats1.tp_drops++; atomic_inc(&sk->sk_drops); @@ -2141,7 +2143,10 @@ drop_n_restore: skb->len = skb_len; } drop: - consume_skb(skb); + if (!err) + consume_skb(skb); + else + kfree_skb(skb); return 0; } @@ -2160,6 +2165,7 @@ static int tpacket_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *copy_skb = NULL; struct timespec ts; __u32 ts_status; + bool err = false; /* struct tpacket{2,3}_hdr is aligned to a multiple of TPACKET_ALIGNMENT. * We may add members to them until current aligned size without forcing @@ -2367,10 +2373,14 @@ drop_n_restore: skb->len = skb_len; } drop: - kfree_skb(skb); + if (!err) + consume_skb(skb); + else + kfree_skb(skb); return 0; drop_n_account: + err = true; po->stats.stats1.tp_drops++; spin_unlock(&sk->sk_receive_queue.lock); -- 2.1.3