The patch titled
Subject: aoe: avoid using skb member after dev_queue_xmit
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
aoe-print-warning-regarding-a-common-reason-for-dropped-transmits-fix.patch
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From: Ed Cashin <ecashin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: aoe: avoid using skb member after dev_queue_xmit
After calling dev_queue_xmit it is no longer safe to access the
members of the skb.
Signed-off-by: Ed Cashin <ecashin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/block/aoe/aoenet.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN drivers/block/aoe/aoenet.c~aoe-print-warning-regarding-a-common-reason-for-dropped-transmits-fix drivers/block/aoe/aoenet.c
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoenet.c~aoe-print-warning-regarding-a-common-reason-for-dropped-transmits-fix
+++ a/drivers/block/aoe/aoenet.c
@@ -55,12 +55,14 @@ static int
tx(void) __must_hold(&txlock)
{
struct sk_buff *skb;
+ struct net_device *ifp;
while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&skbtxq))) {
spin_unlock_irq(&txlock);
+ ifp = skb->dev;
if (dev_queue_xmit(skb) == NET_XMIT_DROP && net_ratelimit())
pr_warn("aoe: packet could not be sent on %s. %s\n",
- skb->dev ? skb->dev->name : "netif",
+ ifp ? ifp->name : "netif",
"consider increasing tx_queue_len");
spin_lock_irq(&txlock);
}
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from ecashin@xxxxxxxxxx are
linux-compilerh-add-__must_hold-macro-for-functions-called-with-a-lock-held.patch
documentation-sparsetxt-document-context-annotations-for-lock-checking.patch
aoe-describe-the-behavior-of-the-err-character-device.patch
aoe-print-warning-regarding-a-common-reason-for-dropped-transmits.patch
aoe-print-warning-regarding-a-common-reason-for-dropped-transmits-v2.patch
aoe-print-warning-regarding-a-common-reason-for-dropped-transmits-fix.patch
aoe-update-cap-on-outstanding-commands-based-on-config-query-response.patch
aoe-support-the-forgetting-flushing-of-a-user-specified-aoe-target.patch
aoe-support-larger-i-o-requests-via-aoe_maxsectors-module-param.patch
aoe-payload-sysfs-file-exports-per-aoe-command-data-transfer-size.patch
aoe-cleanup-remove-unused-ata_scnt-function.patch
aoe-whitespace-cleanup.patch
aoe-update-driver-internal-version-number-to-60.patch
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