This implements TX buffer alignment for cloned or too small skb by
copying and replacing the original skb.
Recent changes in wireless-testing seems to make this really necessary.
Signed-off-by: David Gnedt <david.gnedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Sorry for the partly broken patches, I thought I configured my client the
right way. I tried to stop the mails at my mailserver, but it was mostly
already too late.
---
drivers/net/wireless/wl1251/tx.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++------
1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl1251/tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl1251/tx.c
index 10112de..28121c5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl1251/tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl1251/tx.c
@@ -213,16 +213,30 @@ static int wl1251_tx_send_packet(struct wl1251 *wl, struct sk_buff *skb,
wl1251_debug(DEBUG_TX, "skb offset %d", offset);
/* check whether the current skb can be used */
- if (!skb_cloned(skb) && (skb_tailroom(skb) >= offset)) {
- unsigned char *src = skb->data;
+ if (skb_cloned(skb) || (skb_tailroom(skb) < offset)) {
+ struct sk_buff *newskb = skb_copy_expand(skb, 0, 3,
+ GFP_KERNEL);
+
+ if (unlikely(newskb == NULL)) {
+ wl1251_error("Can't allocate skb!");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ tx_hdr = (struct tx_double_buffer_desc *) newskb->data;
+
+ dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
+ wl->tx_frames[tx_hdr->id] = skb = newskb;
- /* align the buffer on a 4-byte boundary */
+ offset = (4 - (long)skb->data) & 0x03;
+ wl1251_debug(DEBUG_TX, "new skb offset %d", offset);
+ }
+
+ /* align the buffer on a 4-byte boundary */
+ if (offset) {
+ unsigned char *src = skb->data;
skb_reserve(skb, offset);
memmove(skb->data, src, skb->len);
tx_hdr = (struct tx_double_buffer_desc *) skb->data;
- } else {
- wl1251_info("No handler, fixme!");
- return -EINVAL;
}
}
--
1.7.0.4
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