[PATCH 16/61] staging: rtl8192e: Fix kernel panics due to RX skb allocation failures

[Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This driver uses RX skb's of O(2), thus it is possible for memory fragmentation
to prevent the allocation of a new one to replace a newly-received buffer.
When such a failure occurs, the kernel panics.

The fix is to drop an incoming packet whenever such an allocation fails. This
fix matches the one done in rtlwifi for other Realtek PCI devices.

Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl_core.c |   44 +++++++++++++++-------------------
 1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl_core.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl_core.c
index d8504e4..49f787e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl_core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl_core.c
@@ -2550,12 +2550,18 @@ void rtl8192_rx_normal(struct net_device *dev)
 		rx_desc *pdesc = &priv->rx_ring[rx_queue_idx][priv->rx_idx[rx_queue_idx]];
 		struct sk_buff *skb = priv->rx_buf[rx_queue_idx][priv->rx_idx[rx_queue_idx]];
 
-		if (pdesc->OWN){
+		if (pdesc->OWN) {
 			return;
 		} else {
+			struct sk_buff *new_skb;
 
-			struct sk_buff *new_skb = NULL;
-			if (!priv->ops->rx_query_status_descriptor(dev, &stats, pdesc, skb))
+			if (!priv->ops->rx_query_status_descriptor(dev, &stats,
+			    pdesc, skb))
+				goto done;
+			new_skb = dev_alloc_skb(priv->rxbuffersize);
+			/* if allocation of new skb failed - drop current packet
+			 * and reuse skb */
+			if (unlikely(!new_skb))
 				goto done;
 
 			pci_unmap_single(priv->pdev,
@@ -2564,24 +2570,24 @@ void rtl8192_rx_normal(struct net_device *dev)
 					PCI_DMA_FROMDEVICE);
 
 			skb_put(skb, pdesc->Length);
-			skb_reserve(skb, stats.RxDrvInfoSize + stats.RxBufShift);
+			skb_reserve(skb, stats.RxDrvInfoSize +
+				    stats.RxBufShift);
 			skb_trim(skb, skb->len - 4/*sCrcLng*/);
 			rtllib_hdr = (struct rtllib_hdr_1addr *)skb->data;
-			if (is_broadcast_ether_addr(rtllib_hdr->addr1)) {
-			}else if (is_multicast_ether_addr(rtllib_hdr->addr1)){
-			}else {
+			if (!is_broadcast_ether_addr(rtllib_hdr->addr1) &&
+			    !is_multicast_ether_addr(rtllib_hdr->addr1)) {
 				/* unicast packet */
 				unicast_packet = true;
 			}
 			fc = le16_to_cpu(rtllib_hdr->frame_ctl);
 			type = WLAN_FC_GET_TYPE(fc);
 			if (type == RTLLIB_FTYPE_MGMT)
-			{
 				bLedBlinking = false;
-			}
+
 			if (bLedBlinking)
 				if (priv->rtllib->LedControlHandler)
-				priv->rtllib->LedControlHandler(dev, LED_CTL_RX);
+					priv->rtllib->LedControlHandler(dev,
+								 LED_CTL_RX);
 
 			if (stats.bCRC) {
 				if (type != RTLLIB_FTYPE_MGMT)
@@ -2592,28 +2598,16 @@ void rtl8192_rx_normal(struct net_device *dev)
 
 			skb_len = skb->len;
 
-			if (1)
-			{
 			if (!rtllib_rx(priv->rtllib, skb, &stats)){
 				dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
 			} else {
 				priv->stats.rxok++;
-				if (unicast_packet) {
+				if (unicast_packet)
 					priv->stats.rxbytesunicast += skb_len;
-				}
-			}
-			}else{
-				dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
 			}
 
-			new_skb = dev_alloc_skb(priv->rxbuffersize);
-			if (unlikely(!new_skb))
-			{
-				printk("==========>can't alloc skb for rx\n");
-				goto done;
-			}
-			skb=new_skb;
-                        skb->dev = dev;
+			skb = new_skb;
+			skb->dev = dev;
 
 			priv->rx_buf[rx_queue_idx][priv->rx_idx[rx_queue_idx]] = skb;
 			*((dma_addr_t *) skb->cb) = pci_map_single(priv->pdev, skb_tail_pointer_rsl(skb), priv->rxbuffersize, PCI_DMA_FROMDEVICE);
-- 
1.7.3.4

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