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
Changed since v3 (only for PATCH 4/4):
- rename to TAP_FILTER and TAP_TXFILTER
- honor reverse xmas tree style declaration for 'drop_reason' in
tun_net_xmit()
Changed since v4:
- make kfree_skb_list() static inline
- add 'computation' to SKB_CSUM comment
- change COPY_DATA to UCOPY_FAULT
- add 'metadata' to DEV_HDR comment
- expand comment on DEV_READY
- change SKB_TRIM to NOMEM
- chnage SKB_PULL to HDR_TRUNC
Changed since v5:
- rebase to net-next
The following reasons are introduced.
- SKB_DROP_REASON_SKB_CSUM
- SKB_DROP_REASON_SKB_GSO_SEG
- SKB_DROP_REASON_SKB_UCOPY_FAULT
- SKB_DROP_REASON_DEV_HDR
- SKB_DROP_REASON_FULL_RING
- SKB_DROP_REASON_DEV_READY
- SKB_DROP_REASON_NOMEM
- SKB_DROP_REASON_HDR_TRUNC
- SKB_DROP_REASON_TAP_FILTER
- SKB_DROP_REASON_TAP_TXFILTER
This is the output for TUN device.
# cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_pipe
<idle>-0 [029] ..s1. 450.727651: kfree_skb: skbaddr=0000000023d235cc protocol=0 location=00000000a6748854 reason: NOT_SPECIFIED
<idle>-0 [000] b.s3. 451.165671: kfree_skb: skbaddr=000000006b5de7cc protocol=4 location=000000007c2b9eae reason: FULL_RING
<idle>-0 [000] b.s3. 453.149650: kfree_skb: skbaddr=000000006b5de7cc protocol=4 location=000000007c2b9eae reason: FULL_RING
<idle>-0 [000] b.s3. 455.133576: kfree_skb: skbaddr=000000006b5de7cc protocol=4 location=000000007c2b9eae reason: FULL_RING
<idle>-0 [000] b.s3. 457.117566: kfree_skb: skbaddr=000000006b5de7cc protocol=4 location=000000007c2b9eae reason: FULL_RING
This is the output for TAP device.
# cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_pipe
arping-7053 [006] ..s1. 1000.047753: kfree_skb: skbaddr=000000008618a587 protocol=2054 location=00000000743ad4a7 reason: FULL_RING
<idle>-0 [022] ..s1. 1000.778514: kfree_skb: skbaddr=000000002c1e706c protocol=0 location=00000000a6748854 reason: NOT_SPECIFIED
arping-7053 [006] ..s1. 1001.047830: kfree_skb: skbaddr=000000008618a587 protocol=2054 location=00000000743ad4a7 reason: FULL_RING
arping-7053 [006] ..s1. 1002.047918: kfree_skb: skbaddr=000000008618a587 protocol=2054 location=00000000743ad4a7 reason: FULL_RING
arping-7053 [006] ..s1. 1003.048017: kfree_skb: skbaddr=000000008618a587 protocol=2054 location=00000000743ad4a7 reason: FULL_RING
drivers/net/tap.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
drivers/net/tun.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
include/linux/skbuff.h | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/trace/events/skb.h | 10 ++++++++++
4 files changed, 96 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
Thank you very much!
Dongli Zhang
