Correct two problems with the error handling when using the netlink forwarding API: first, the netlink skb is never freed if nla_put() fails; and second, genlmsg_unicast() can fail if the netlink socket is full. In the latter case, the corresponding data skb is not counted as a drop and userspace programs like wmediumd will see TCP stalls due to lost packets. Signed-off-by: Bob Copeland <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c index 74f4e1c..1204853 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c @@ -947,7 +947,8 @@ static void mac80211_hwsim_tx_frame_nl(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, goto nla_put_failure; genlmsg_end(skb, msg_head); - genlmsg_unicast(&init_net, skb, dst_portid); + if (genlmsg_unicast(&init_net, skb, dst_portid)) + goto err_free_txskb; /* Enqueue the packet */ skb_queue_tail(&data->pending, my_skb); @@ -956,6 +957,8 @@ static void mac80211_hwsim_tx_frame_nl(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, return; nla_put_failure: + nlmsg_free(skb); +err_free_txskb: printk(KERN_DEBUG "mac80211_hwsim: error occurred in %s\n", __func__); ieee80211_free_txskb(hw, my_skb); data->tx_failed++; -- 2.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
