[ovs-dev] [PATCH 2/2] datapath: Use consume_skb() on non-errors.

Ben Pfaff blp at nicira.com
Thu Jun 16 23:59:17 UTC 2011


On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 04:10:53PM -0700, Jesse Gross wrote:
> It's possible to trace kfree_skb() call sites to find out where
> packets are getting dropped.  Situations where kfree_skb() does
> not actually indicate an error adds additional noise, so use
> consume_skb() instead to avoid tracing non-errors.
> 
> Suggested-by: Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jesse Gross <jesse at nicira.com>

Acked-by: Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com>



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