[PATCH 3.13.y-ckt 83/90] benet: Call dev_kfree_skby_any instead of kfree_skb.

Kamal Mostafa kamal at canonical.com
Tue May 5 20:54:55 UTC 2015


3.13.11-ckt20 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm at xmission.com>

commit d8ec2c02caa3515f35d6c33eedf529394c419298 upstream.

Replace free_skb with dev_kfree_skb_any in be_tx_compl_process as
which can be called in hard irq by netpoll, softirq context
by normal napi polling, and in normal sleepable context
by the network device close method.

Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm at xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem at davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal at canonical.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
index a67ddf8..8e410b5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
@@ -1881,7 +1881,7 @@ static u16 be_tx_compl_process(struct be_adapter *adapter,
 		queue_tail_inc(txq);
 	} while (cur_index != last_index);
 
-	kfree_skb(sent_skb);
+	dev_kfree_skb_any(sent_skb);
 	return num_wrbs;
 }
 
-- 
1.9.1





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