Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] net: drop_monitor: support drop reason

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Wed Jan 26 2022 - 21:48:18 EST


On Wed, 26 Jan 2022 15:23:06 +0800 menglong8.dong@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> @@ -606,12 +610,17 @@ static int net_dm_packet_report_in_port_put(struct sk_buff *msg, int ifindex,
> static int net_dm_packet_report_fill(struct sk_buff *msg, struct sk_buff *skb,
> size_t payload_len)
> {
> - u64 pc = (u64)(uintptr_t) NET_DM_SKB_CB(skb)->pc;
> + struct net_dm_skb_cb *cb = NET_DM_SKB_CB(skb);
> char buf[NET_DM_MAX_SYMBOL_LEN];
> + enum skb_drop_reason reason;
> struct nlattr *attr;
> void *hdr;
> + u64 pc;
> int rc;
>
> + pc = (u64)(uintptr_t)cb->pc;
> + reason = cb->reason;
> +
> hdr = genlmsg_put(msg, 0, 0, &net_drop_monitor_family, 0,
> NET_DM_CMD_PACKET_ALERT);
> if (!hdr)
> @@ -623,6 +632,9 @@ static int net_dm_packet_report_fill(struct sk_buff *msg, struct sk_buff *skb,
> if (nla_put_u64_64bit(msg, NET_DM_ATTR_PC, pc, NET_DM_ATTR_PAD))
> goto nla_put_failure;
>
> + if (nla_put_u32(msg, NET_DM_ATTR_REASON, reason))

Why the temporary variable instead of referring to cb->reason directly?

> + goto nla_put_failure;