SKB stored in qdisc->gso_skb also counted into backlog. Some qdiscs don't reset backlog to zero in ->reset(), for example sfq just dequeue and free all queued skb.
Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebni...@yandex-team.ru> Fixes: 2ccccf5fb43f ("net_sched: update hierarchical backlog too") --- net/sched/sch_generic.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/net/sched/sch_generic.c b/net/sched/sch_generic.c index 92237e75dbbc..bf8c81e07c70 100644 --- a/net/sched/sch_generic.c +++ b/net/sched/sch_generic.c @@ -685,6 +685,7 @@ void qdisc_reset(struct Qdisc *qdisc) qdisc->gso_skb = NULL; } qdisc->q.qlen = 0; + qdisc->qstats.backlog = 0; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(qdisc_reset);