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

From: yajun . deng
Date: Thu Jul 29 2021 - 00:01:36 EST


July 28, 2021 8:52 PM, "Herbert Xu" <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 <yajun.deng@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> 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.

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