net: Orphan and de-dst skbs earlier in xmit path.
This way GSO packets don't get handled differently.
With help from Eric Dumazet.
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 3ba774b..a4a7c36 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1902,13 +1902,6 @@
if (!list_empty(&ptype_all))
dev_queue_xmit_nit(skb, dev);
- if (netif_needs_gso(dev, skb)) {
- if (unlikely(dev_gso_segment(skb)))
- goto out_kfree_skb;
- if (skb->next)
- goto gso;
- }
-
/*
* If device doesnt need skb->dst, release it right now while
* its hot in this cpu cache
@@ -1917,6 +1910,14 @@
skb_dst_drop(skb);
skb_orphan_try(skb);
+
+ if (netif_needs_gso(dev, skb)) {
+ if (unlikely(dev_gso_segment(skb)))
+ goto out_kfree_skb;
+ if (skb->next)
+ goto gso;
+ }
+
rc = ops->ndo_start_xmit(skb, dev);
if (rc == NETDEV_TX_OK)
txq_trans_update(txq);