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Re: [PATCH] iwlagn: fix offchannel TX bug

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On Sat, Mar 05, 2011 at 07:35:39PM +0100, Johannes Berg wrote:
> From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> In the case where remain-on-channel rather than
> offchannel TX should be used, my offchannel TX
> patch introduced a bug because mac80211 will
> use the now-freed SKB.
> 
> iwlagn shouldn't free the SKB when it returns 1
> here since then the SKB will still be used.
> 
> Reported-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c	2011-03-05 19:32:58.000000000 +0100
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c	2011-03-05 19:33:08.000000000 +0100
> @@ -3171,7 +3171,7 @@ static int iwl_mac_offchannel_tx(struct
>   out:
>  	mutex_unlock(&priv->mutex);
>   free:
> -	if (ret)
> +	if (ret < 0)
>  		kfree_skb(skb);
>  
>  	return ret;

OK, I give-up...what tree is this against? :-)

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