Re: [PATCH net-next 4/6] net: hip04: Don't free the tx skb when the buffer is not ready for xmit

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On 2015/4/15 22:19, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Wednesday 15 April 2015 20:30:06 Ding Tianhong wrote:
>> @@ -489,6 +487,8 @@ static int hip04_mac_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev)
>>  
>>         /* Ensure tx_head update visible to tx reclaim */
>>         smp_wmb();
>> +       count++;
>> +       priv->tx_head = TX_NEXT(tx_head);
>>  
>>
> 
> Something is wrong here, the comment does not match the code any more, because
> the smp_wmb() won't actually make the tx_head update visible.
> 
> 	Arnd
> 
Yes, the smp_wmb() could only make sure the tx buffer was ready to xmit.

> .
> 


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