consume_skb 表示 skb是正常释放。
kfree_skb 表示因为某种错误报文被丢弃。
这只会带来某些网络统计数据上的区别,例如使用drop_watch查看有多少异常丢包的时候。
通过源码上也可以看到,两者实现基本一致,除了调用不同的统计分析函数:
trace_consume_skb, trace_kfree_skb
/**
* consume_skb - free an skbuff
* @skb: buffer to free
*
* Drop a ref to the buffer and free it if the usage count has hit zero
* Functions identically to kfree_skb, but kfree_skb assumes that the frame
* is being dropped after a failure and notes that
*/
void consume_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
{
if (unlikely(!skb))
return;
if (likely(atomic_read(&skb->users) == 1))
smp_rmb();
else if (likely(!atomic_dec_and_test(&skb->users)))
return;
trace_consume_skb(skb);
__kfree_skb(skb);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(consume_skb);
/**
* kfree_skb - free an sk_buff
* @skb: buffer to free
*
* Drop a reference to the buffer and free it if the usage count has
* hit zero.
*/
void kfree_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
{
if (unlikely(!skb))
return;
if (likely(atomic_read(&skb->users) == 1))
smp_rmb();
else if (likely(!atomic_dec_and_test(&skb->users)))
return;
trace_kfree_skb(skb, __builtin_return_address(0));
__kfree_skb(skb);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kfree_skb);