The existing code frees the skb in EAGAIN case, in which the skb will be retried from upper layer and used again. Also, the existing code doesn't free send buffer slot in error case, because there is no completion message for unsent packets. This patch fixes these problems. (Please also include this patch for stable trees. Thanks!) Signed-off-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc.c | 11 ++++++++--- 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc.c b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc.c index 9f49c01..7cd4eb3 100644 --- a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc.c +++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc.c @@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ int netvsc_send(struct hv_device *device, u64 req_id; unsigned int section_index = NETVSC_INVALID_INDEX; u32 msg_size = 0; - struct sk_buff *skb; + struct sk_buff *skb = NULL; u16 q_idx = packet->q_idx; @@ -743,8 +743,6 @@ int netvsc_send(struct hv_device *device, packet); skb = (struct sk_buff *) (unsigned long)packet->send_completion_tid; - if (skb) - dev_kfree_skb_any(skb); packet->page_buf_cnt = 0; } } @@ -810,6 +808,13 @@ int netvsc_send(struct hv_device *device, packet, ret); } + if (ret != 0) { + if (section_index != NETVSC_INVALID_INDEX) + netvsc_free_send_slot(net_device, section_index); + } else if (skb) { + dev_kfree_skb_any(skb); + } + return ret; } -- 1.7.4.1 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel