Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "net: Get rid of consume_skb when tracing is off"

From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2021 04:01:28 +0000

July 28, 2021 8:52 PM, "Herbert Xu" <[email-masked]> wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 11:56:05AM +0800, Yajun Deng wrote:
> 
>> This reverts commit be769db2f95861cc8c7c8fedcc71a8c39b803b10.
>> There is trace_kfree_skb() in kfree_skb(), the trace_kfree_skb() is
>> also a trace function.
>> 
>> Fixes: be769db2f958 (net: Get rid of consume_skb when tracing is off)
>> Signed-off-by: Yajun Deng <[email-masked]>
> 
> Please explain in more detail why your patch is needed. As it
> stands I do not understand the reasoning.
> 
if we don't define CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS, consume_skb() wolud called kfree_skb(), there have
trace_kfree_skb() in kfree_skb(), the trace_kfree_skb() is also a trace function. So we
can trace consume_skb() even if we don't define CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS.
This patch "net: Get rid of consume_skb when tracing is off" does not seem to be effective.

> Thanks,
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