Re: [patch 1/3 -next] 6LoWPAN: use kfree_skb() instead of kfree()

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Le mardi 30 août 2011 à 16:45 +0300, Dan Carpenter a écrit :
> Use kfree_skb() to free sbk_buffs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> diff --git a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c
> index cf304cc..8a9dbaa 100644
> --- a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c
> +++ b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c
> @@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ lowpan_process_data(struct sk_buff *skb)
>  							sizeof(hdr));
>  	return lowpan_skb_deliver(skb, &hdr);
>  drop:
> -	kfree(skb);
> +	kfree_skb(skb);
>  	return -EINVAL;
>  }
>  

Another bug is the skb_copy() done in lowpan_skb_deliver()

1) No check of skb_copy() return 

2.1) Use of GFP_KERNEL : Is it safe at this point ? Aren’t we in
softirq ?

2.2) If GFP_KERNEL is safe, why do we later do :

	if (in_interrupt())
		stat = netif_rx(skb);
	else
		stat = netif_rx_ni(skb);



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