From: Ed Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: ecashin@coraid.com, dan.carpenter@oracle.com,
kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] aoe: avoid using skb member after dev_queue_xmit
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 18:26:13 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d1523cdc8a606d65418dc242e958ff1c@coraid.com> (raw)
After calling dev_queue_xmit it is no longer safe to access the
members of the skb.
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Ed Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
---
drivers/block/aoe/aoenet.c | 4 +++-
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoenet.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoenet.c
index ae56828..2e47404 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoenet.c
+++ b/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);
}
--
1.7.1
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Ed Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
From: Ed Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: ecashin@coraid.com, dan.carpenter@oracle.com,
kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] aoe: avoid using skb member after dev_queue_xmit
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:26:13 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d1523cdc8a606d65418dc242e958ff1c@coraid.com> (raw)
After calling dev_queue_xmit it is no longer safe to access the
members of the skb.
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Ed Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
---
drivers/block/aoe/aoenet.c | 4 +++-
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoenet.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoenet.c
index ae56828..2e47404 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoenet.c
+++ b/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);
}
--
1.7.1
next reply other threads:[~2012-10-24 18:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-10-24 18:26 Ed Cashin [this message]
2012-10-24 18:26 ` [PATCH] aoe: avoid using skb member after dev_queue_xmit Ed Cashin, Ed Cashin
2012-10-24 22:08 ` Andrew Morton
2012-10-24 22:08 ` Andrew Morton
2012-10-25 6:33 ` Dan Carpenter
2012-10-25 6:33 ` Dan Carpenter
2012-10-25 17:35 ` Ed Cashin
2012-10-25 17:35 ` Ed Cashin
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