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be2net: fix a race in be_xmit()
authorEric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Thu, 7 Jun 2012 22:59:59 +0000 (22:59 +0000)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:03:47 +0000 (09:03 -0700)
commita459fdd31c96993f6fcee4879eb20bc1e7bac2ed
treeba2b87f0ad2a6d714d299b9902236018f9c6485dtree | snapshot
parent43d950abdab622bf97d0a0c233809f88a3eb6240commit | diff
be2net: fix a race in be_xmit()

[ Upstream commit cd8f76c0a0c6fce0b2cf23c9bd0123f91453f46d ]

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>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c diff | blob | history
Linux kernel for KaRo TX COM modules