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RE: [PATCH] wifi: rtl8xxxu: don't call dev_kfree_skb() under spin_lock_irqsave()

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 7, 2022 10:38 PM
> To: Jes.Sorensen@xxxxxxxxx; kvalo@xxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [PATCH] wifi: rtl8xxxu: don't call dev_kfree_skb() under spin_lock_irqsave()
> 
> It is not allowed to call consume_skb() from hardware interrupt context
                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ kfree_skb()? 
because this patch is to replace dev_kfree_skb().

> or with interrupts being disabled. So replace dev_kfree_skb() with
> dev_consume_skb_irq() under spin_lock_irqsave(). Compile tested only.
> 
> Fixes: 26f1fad29ad9 ("New driver: rtl8xxxu (mac80211)")
> Signed-off-by: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_core.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_core.c
> b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_core.c
> index ac641a56efb0..d0600af5bef4 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_core.c
> @@ -5274,7 +5274,7 @@ static void rtl8xxxu_queue_rx_urb(struct rtl8xxxu_priv *priv,
>  		pending = priv->rx_urb_pending_count;
>  	} else {
>  		skb = (struct sk_buff *)rx_urb->urb.context;
> -		dev_kfree_skb(skb);
> +		dev_consume_skb_irq(skb);

Why not dev_kfree_skb_irq() instead? any reason?

>  		usb_free_urb(&rx_urb->urb);
>  	}
> 
> --
> 2.25.1
> 
> 
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