Kernel/linux-stable
1
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git synced 2025-01-08 14:13:53 +00:00
Code Issues Actions Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity

spider_net: Call dev_consume_skb_any instead of dev_kfree_skb.

Browse Source 
Replace dev_kfree_skb with dev_consume_skb_any in
spider_net_release_tx_chain which can be called in hard irq and other
contexts.

dev_consume_skb_any was choosen as it preserves the current
dev_kfree_skb semantics (dev_kfree_skb is consume_skb) and
is because it is correct most of the time as most packets
will have been successfully transmitted not dropeed.

Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
This commit is contained in:
Eric W. Biederman 2014-03-15 18:20:12 -07:00
parent 66d1bee1f3
commit 20eca054e9
1 changed files with 1 additions and 1 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

2
drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba/spider_net.c
View File

@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ spider_net_release_tx_chain(struct spider_net_card *card, int brutal)
if (skb) {
pci_unmap_single(card->pdev, buf_addr, skb->len,
PCI_DMA_TODEVICE);
dev_kfree_skb(skb);
dev_consume_skb_any(skb);
}
}
return 0;