net: Kill skb_truesize_check(), it only catches false-positives.

A long time ago we had bugs, primarily in TCP, where we would modify
skb->truesize (for TSO queue collapsing) in ways which would corrupt
the socket memory accounting.

skb_truesize_check() was added in order to try and catch this error
more systematically.

However this debugging check has morphed into a Frankenstein of sorts
and these days it does nothing other than catch false-positives.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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David S. Miller
2009-02-17 21:24:05 -08:00
parent 34edaa8832
commit 92a0acce18
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@@ -860,7 +860,6 @@ static inline void sk_mem_uncharge(struct sock *sk, int size)
static inline void sk_wmem_free_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
{
skb_truesize_check(skb);
sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_QUEUE_SHRUNK);
sk->sk_wmem_queued -= skb->truesize;
sk_mem_uncharge(sk, skb->truesize);