From cd8f76c0a0c6fce0b2cf23c9bd0123f91453f46d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 22:59:59 +0000
Subject: be2net: fix a race in be_xmit()
As soon as hardware is notified of a transmit, we no longer can assume
skb can be dereferenced, as TX completion might have freed the packet.
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Sathya Perla <sathya.perla@emulex.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
(limited to 'drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c')
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
index 08efd308d78a..fdb50cec6b51 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
@@ -736,6 +736,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t be_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
copied = make_tx_wrbs(adapter, txq, skb, wrb_cnt, dummy_wrb);
if (copied) {
+ int gso_segs = skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_segs;
+
/* record the sent skb in the sent_skb table */
BUG_ON(txo->sent_skb_list[start]);
txo->sent_skb_list[start] = skb;
@@ -753,8 +755,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t be_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
be_txq_notify(adapter, txq->id, wrb_cnt);
- be_tx_stats_update(txo, wrb_cnt, copied,
- skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_segs, stopped);
+ be_tx_stats_update(txo, wrb_cnt, copied, gso_segs, stopped);
} else {
txq->head = start;
dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
--
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