Thread (288 messages) 288 messages, 13 authors, 2014-04-01
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[PATCH 01/54] uml/net_kern: Call dev_consume_skb_any instead of dev_kfree_skb.

From: Eric W. Biederman <hidden>
Date: 2014-03-25 06:05:55
Subsystem: the rest, user-mode linux (uml) · Maintainers: Linus Torvalds, Richard Weinberger, Anton Ivanov, Johannes Berg

From: "Eric W. Biederman" <redacted>

Replace dev_kfree_skb with dev_consume_skb_any in uml_net_start_xmit
as it can be called in hard irq and other contexts.

dev_consume_skb_any is used as uml_net_start_xmit typically
consumes (not drops) packets.

Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <redacted>
---
 arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c
index 39f186252e02..7d26d9c0b2fb 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ static int uml_net_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lp->lock, flags);
 
-	dev_kfree_skb(skb);
+	dev_consume_skb_any(skb);
 
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 }
-- 
1.7.10.4
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