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[net-next] netlink: dont drop packet but consume it

Message ID 1334838268.2395.151.camel@edumazet-glaptop
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Eric Dumazet April 19, 2012, 12:24 p.m. UTC 
From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>

When we need to clone skb, we dont drop a packet.
Call consume_skb() to not confuse dropwatch.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
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 net/netlink/af_netlink.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)



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David Miller April 19, 2012, 6:24 p.m. UTC | #1 
From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:24:28 +0200

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
> 
> When we need to clone skb, we dont drop a packet.
> Call consume_skb() to not confuse dropwatch.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>

Applied.
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diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index faa48f7..da87214 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@  static struct sk_buff *netlink_trim(struct sk_buff *skb, gfp_t allocation)
 		struct sk_buff *nskb = skb_clone(skb, allocation);
 		if (!nskb)
 			return skb;
-		kfree_skb(skb);
+		consume_skb(skb);
 		skb = nskb;
 	}