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Re: [PATCH] mac80211: refactor skb copy to failq in mesh_path_move_to_queue

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On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 12:27:29PM -0700, Thomas Pedersen wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 12:12 PM, John W. Linville
> <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > This seems a bit less awkward, and avoids the following warning:
> >
> >  CC [M]  net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.o
> > net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c: In function ‘mesh_path_move_to_queue’:
> > net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c:291:24: warning: ‘cp_skb’ may be used uninitialized in this function
> 
> cp_skb was initialized to NULL in v2 of "mac80211:  mesh gate implementation'
> 
> >
> > Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Does it matter if the copy ends-up on the failq before the original goes
> > to the gateq?
> >
> >  net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c |    8 ++++----
> >  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c b/net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c
> > index 75e4b60..b5caf5b 100644
> > --- a/net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c
> > +++ b/net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c
> > @@ -307,14 +307,14 @@ static void mesh_path_move_to_queue(struct mesh_path *gate_mpath,
> >
> >        while (num_skbs--) {
> >                skb = __skb_dequeue(&failq);
> > -               if (copy)
> > +               if (copy) {
> >                        cp_skb = skb_copy(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
> > +                       if (cp_skb)
> > +                               __skb_queue_tail(&failq, cp_skb);
> > +               }
> >
> >                prepare_for_gate(skb, gate_mpath->dst, gate_mpath);
> >                __skb_queue_tail(&gateq, skb);
> > -
> > -               if (copy && cp_skb)
> > -                       __skb_queue_tail(&failq, cp_skb);
> >        }
> 
> However, this does look nicer. Please be sure to apply the version
> submitted on 11 August.

You just told me yesterday to apply the 9 August version???

John
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