codel_change() can use rtnl_qdisc_drop() to defer expensive skb freeing after locks are released.
codel_reset() already has support for deferred skb freeing because it uses qdisc_reset_queue() Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eduma...@google.com> --- net/sched/sch_codel.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/sched/sch_codel.c b/net/sched/sch_codel.c index dddf3bb65a32..c5bc424e3b3c 100644 --- a/net/sched/sch_codel.c +++ b/net/sched/sch_codel.c @@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ static int codel_change(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt) dropped += qdisc_pkt_len(skb); qdisc_qstats_backlog_dec(sch, skb); - qdisc_drop(skb, sch); + rtnl_qdisc_drop(skb, sch); } qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog(sch, qlen - sch->q.qlen, dropped); -- 2.8.0.rc3.226.g39d4020