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SubjectRe: [PATCH net-next v2] bnxt_en: use dev_consume_skb_any() in bnxt_tx_int
On Tue, 11 Jul 2023 19:07:43 +0800 menglong8.dong@gmail.com wrote:
> In bnxt_tx_int(), the skb in the tx ring buffer will be freed after the
> transmission completes with dev_kfree_skb_any(), which will produce
> the noise on the tracepoint "skb:kfree_skb":
>
> $ perf script record -e skb:kfree_skb -a
> $ perf script
> swapper 0 [014] 12814.337522: skb:kfree_skb: skbaddr=0xffff88818f145ce0 protocol=2048 location=dev_kfree_skb_any_reason+0x2e reason: NOT_SPECIFIED
> swapper 0 [003] 12814.338318: skb:kfree_skb: skbaddr=0xffff888108380600 protocol=2048 location=dev_kfree_skb_any_reason+0x2e reason: NOT_SPECIFIED
> swapper 0 [014] 12814.375258: skb:kfree_skb: skbaddr=0xffff88818f147ce0 protocol=2048 location=dev_kfree_skb_any_reason+0x2e reason: NOT_SPECIFIED
> swapper 0 [014] 12814.451960: skb:kfree_skb: skbaddr=0xffff88818f145ce0 protocol=2048 location=dev_kfree_skb_any_reason+0x2e reason: NOT_SPECIFIED
> swapper 0 [008] 12814.562166: skb:kfree_skb: skbaddr=0xffff888112664600 protocol=2048 location=dev_kfree_skb_any_reason+0x2e reason: NOT_SPECIFIED
> swapper 0 [014] 12814.732517: skb:kfree_skb: skbaddr=0xffff88818f145ce0 protocol=2048 location=dev_kfree_skb_any_reason+0x2e reason: NOT_SPECIFIED
> swapper 0 [014] 12814.800608: skb:kfree_skb: skbaddr=0xffff88810025d100 protocol=2048 location=dev_kfree_skb_any_reason+0x2e reason: NOT_SPECIFIED
> swapper 0 [014] 12814.861501: skb:kfree_skb: skbaddr=0xffff888108295a00 protocol=2048 location=dev_kfree_skb_any_reason+0x2e reason: NOT_SPECIFIED
> swapper 0 [014] 12815.377038: skb:kfree_skb: skbaddr=0xffff88818f147ce0 protocol=2048 location=dev_kfree_skb_any_reason+0x2e reason: NOT_SPECIFIED
> swapper 0 [014] 12815.395530: skb:kfree_skb: skbaddr=0xffff88818f145ee0 protocol=2048 location=dev_kfree_skb_any_reason+0x2e reason: NOT_SPECIFIED

I think this is way too verbose, people looking at networking code
are expected to understand kfree_skb vs consume_skb. Your v1 was fine,
I'm going to apply it.
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pw-bot: na

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