Re: [PATCH net-next v3 2/4] net: tap: track dropped skb via kfree_skb_reason()

[Dongli Zhang]

On 2/21/22 8:31 PM, Dongli Zhang wrote:
> Hi David,
> 
> On 2/21/22 7:24 PM, David Ahern wrote:
>> On 2/20/22 10:34 PM, Dongli Zhang wrote:
>>> The TAP can be used as vhost-net backend. E.g., the tap_handle_frame() is
>>> the interface to forward the skb from TAP to vhost-net/virtio-net.
>>>
>>> However, there are many "goto drop" in the TAP driver. Therefore, the
>>> kfree_skb_reason() is involved at each "goto drop" to help userspace
>>> ftrace/ebpf to track the reason for the loss of packets.
>>>
>>> The below reasons are introduced:
>>>
>>> - SKB_DROP_REASON_SKB_CSUM
>>> - SKB_DROP_REASON_SKB_COPY_DATA
>>> - SKB_DROP_REASON_SKB_GSO_SEG
>>> - SKB_DROP_REASON_DEV_HDR
>>> - SKB_DROP_REASON_FULL_RING
>>>
>>> Cc: Joao Martins <joao.m.martins@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: Joe Jin <joe.jin@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Signed-off-by: Dongli Zhang <dongli.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> Changed since v1:
>>>   - revise the reason name
>>> Changed since v2:
>>>   - declare drop_reason as type "enum skb_drop_reason"
>>>   - handle the drop in skb_list_walk_safe() case
>>>
>>>  drivers/net/tap.c          | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
>>>  include/linux/skbuff.h     |  9 +++++++++
>>>  include/trace/events/skb.h |  5 +++++
>>>  3 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>>>
>>
>> couple of places where the new reason should be in reverse xmas order;
>> logic wise:
>>
>> Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
> 
> I will re-order the reasons in the same patch and re-send with your Reviewed-by
> in the next version.
> 

I have sent out v4 and I finally decide to not re-order reasons for this patch
as this may makes trouble for backport.

I will not follow the reverse xmas order here, as all existing variables are not
declared in reverse xmas order.

Thank you very much!

Dongli Zhang