From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH] netxen: fix race in skb->len access Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:05:56 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20110620.130556.2143867447969480807.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1308551175.3539.133.camel@edumazet-laptop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, amit.salecha@qlogic.com To: eric.dumazet@gmail.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([198.137.202.13]:40377 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754002Ab1FTUGP (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:06:15 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1308551175.3539.133.camel@edumazet-laptop> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Eric Dumazet Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:26:15 +0200 > As soon as skb is given to hardware, TX completion can free skb under > us. > Therefore, we should update dev stats before kicking the device. > > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Applied.