Hi Alexander, alex.aring@xxxxxxxxx wrote on Mon, 17 Jan 2022 19:36:39 -0500: > Hi, > > On Mon, 17 Jan 2022 at 19:34, Alexander Aring <alex.aring@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > On Mon, 17 Jan 2022 at 06:55, Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > ieee802154_xmit_complete() is the right helper to call when a > > > transmission is over. The fact that it completed or not is not really a > > > question, but drivers must tell the core that the completion is over, > > > even if it was canceled. Do not call ieee802154_wake_queue() manually, > > > in order to let full control of this task to the core. > > > > > > By using the complete helper we also avoid leacking the skb structure. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > --- > > > drivers/net/ieee802154/at86rf230.c | 2 +- > > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/net/ieee802154/at86rf230.c b/drivers/net/ieee802154/at86rf230.c > > > index 583f835c317a..1941e1f3d2ef 100644 > > > --- a/drivers/net/ieee802154/at86rf230.c > > > +++ b/drivers/net/ieee802154/at86rf230.c > > > @@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ at86rf230_async_error_recover_complete(void *context) > > > if (ctx->free) > > > kfree(ctx); > > > > > > - ieee802154_wake_queue(lp->hw); > > > + ieee802154_xmit_complete(lp->hw, lp->tx_skb, false); > > > > also this lp->tx_skb can be a dangled pointer, after xmit_complete() > > we need to set it to NULL in a xmit_error() we can check on NULL > > before calling kfree_skb(). I've created a xmit_error() helper as suggested, which call dev_kfree_skb_any() instead of *consume_skb*(). > > forget the NULL checking, it's already done by core. Indeed, it is. > However in some > cases this is called with a dangled pointer on lp->tx_skb. I've fixed that by setting it to NULL after the call to the xmit_error helper. > > - Alex Thanks, Miquèl
