Re: [PATCH net-next 03/10] r8169: Call dev_kfree_skby_any instead of dev_kfree_skb.
From: Eric Dumazet <hidden>
Date: 2014-03-12 02:02:56
On Tue, 2014-03-11 at 14:16 -0700, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
Replace dev_kfree_skb with dev_kfree_skb_any in functions that can be called in hard irq and other contexts. Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <redacted> --- drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c | 6 +++--- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c index e9779653cd4c..cf947337e0d6 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c@@ -5834,7 +5834,7 @@ static void rtl8169_tx_clear_range(struct rtl8169_private *tp, u32 start, tp->TxDescArray + entry); if (skb) { tp->dev->stats.tx_dropped++; - dev_kfree_skb(skb); + dev_kfree_skb_any(skb); tx_skb->skb = NULL; } }@@ -6059,7 +6059,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t rtl8169_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, err_dma_1: rtl8169_unmap_tx_skb(d, tp->tx_skb + entry, txd); err_dma_0: - dev_kfree_skb(skb); + dev_kfree_skb_any(skb); err_update_stats: dev->stats.tx_dropped++; return NETDEV_TX_OK;@@ -6142,7 +6142,7 @@ static void rtl_tx(struct net_device *dev, struct rtl8169_private *tp) tp->tx_stats.packets++; tp->tx_stats.bytes += tx_skb->skb->len; u64_stats_update_end(&tp->tx_stats.syncp); - dev_kfree_skb(tx_skb->skb); + dev_kfree_skb_any(tx_skb->skb); tx_skb->skb = NULL; } dirty_tx++;
If this code can either run from softirq or hardirq, then
rtl8169_get_stats64() should block hard irq, not only soft irq.
Ie not use u64_stats_fetch_{begin|retry}_bh()