The commit c504e5c2f964 ("net: skb: introduce kfree_skb_reason()") has
introduced the kfree_skb_reason() to help track the reason.
The tun and tap are commonly used as virtio-net/vhost-net backend. This is to
use kfree_skb_reason() to trace the dropped skb for those two drivers.
Changed since v1:
- I have renamed many of the reasons since v1. I make them as generic as
possible so that they can be re-used by core networking and drivers.
Changed since v2:
- declare drop_reason as type "enum skb_drop_reason"
- handle the drop in skb_list_walk_safe() case for tap driver, and
kfree_skb_list_reason() is introduced
The following reasons are introduced.
- SKB_DROP_REASON_SKB_CSUM
This is used whenever there is checksum error with sk_buff.
- SKB_DROP_REASON_SKB_COPY_DATA
The kernel may (zero) copy the data to or from sk_buff, e.g.,
zerocopy_sg_from_iter(), skb_copy_datagram_from_iter() and
skb_orphan_frags_rx(). This reason is for the copy related error.
- SKB_DROP_REASON_SKB_GSO_SEG
Any error reported when GSO processing the sk_buff. It is frequent to process
sk_buff gso data and we introduce a new reason to handle that.
- SKB_DROP_REASON_SKB_PULL
- SKB_DROP_REASON_SKB_TRIM
It is frequent to pull to sk_buff data or trim the sk_buff data.
- SKB_DROP_REASON_DEV_HDR
Any driver may report error if there is any error in the metadata on the DMA
ring buffer.
- SKB_DROP_REASON_DEV_READY
The device is not ready/online or initialized to receive data.
- SKB_DROP_REASON_DEV_FILTER
David Ahern suggested SKB_DROP_REASON_TAP_FILTER. I changed from 'TAP' to 'DEV'
to make it more generic.
- SKB_DROP_REASON_FULL_RING
Suggested by Eric Dumazet.
- SKB_DROP_REASON_BPF_FILTER
Dropped by ebpf filter
This is the output for TUN device.
# cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_pipe
<idle>-0 [018] ..s1. 1478.130490: kfree_skb: skbaddr=00000000c4f21b8d protocol=0 location=00000000aff342c7 reason: NOT_SPECIFIED
vhost-9003-9020 [012] b..1. 1478.196264: kfree_skb: skbaddr=00000000b174fb9b protocol=2054 location=000000001cf38db0 reason: FULL_RING
arping-9639 [018] b..1. 1479.082993: kfree_skb: skbaddr=00000000c4f21b8d protocol=2054 location=000000001cf38db0 reason: FULL_RING
<idle>-0 [012] b.s3. 1479.110472: kfree_skb: skbaddr=00000000e0c3681f protocol=4 location=000000001cf38db0 reason: FULL_RING
arping-9639 [018] b..1. 1480.083086: kfree_skb: skbaddr=00000000c4f21b8d protocol=2054 location=000000001cf38db0 reason: FULL_RING
This is the output for TAP device.
# cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_pipe
<idle>-0 [014] ..s1. 1096.418621: kfree_skb: skbaddr=00000000f8f41946 protocol=0 location=00000000aff342c7 reason: NOT_SPECIFIED
arping-7006 [001] ..s1. 1096.843961: kfree_skb: skbaddr=000000002ec803a8 protocol=2054 location=000000009a57b32f reason: FULL_RING
arping-7006 [001] ..s1. 1097.844035: kfree_skb: skbaddr=000000002ec803a8 protocol=2054 location=000000009a57b32f reason: FULL_RING
arping-7006 [001] ..s1. 1098.844102: kfree_skb: skbaddr=00000000295eb0da protocol=2054 location=000000009a57b32f reason: FULL_RING
arping-7006 [001] ..s1. 1099.844160: kfree_skb: skbaddr=00000000295eb0da protocol=2054 location=000000009a57b32f reason: FULL_RING
arping-7006 [001] ..s1. 1100.844214: kfree_skb: skbaddr=00000000295eb0da protocol=2054 location=000000009a57b32f reason: FULL_RING
arping-7006 [001] ..s1. 1101.844230: kfree_skb: skbaddr=00000000295eb0da protocol=2054 location=000000009a57b32f reason: FULL_RING
drivers/net/tap.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
drivers/net/tun.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
include/linux/skbuff.h | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
include/trace/events/skb.h | 10 ++++++++++
net/core/skbuff.c | 11 +++++++++--
5 files changed, 92 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
Please let me know if there is any suggestion on the definition of reasons.
Thank you very much!
Dongli Zhang
