From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 4/4] net: moxa: continue loop on skb allocation failure Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 17:26:15 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20140825.172615.1598002278628891621.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1408976560-15694-1-git-send-email-jonas.jensen@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, f.fainelli@gmail.com, eric.dumazet@gmail.com, mirqus@gmail.com To: jonas.jensen@gmail.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:39815 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933658AbaHZA0Q (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Aug 2014 20:26:16 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1408976560-15694-1-git-send-email-jonas.jensen@gmail.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Jonas Jensen Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 16:22:40 +0200 > If netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align() fails, subsequent code will > try to dereference an invalid pointer. > > Continue to next descriptor on error. > > While we're at it, > > 1. eliminate the chance of an endless loop, replace the main > loop with while(rx < budget) > > 2. use napi_complete() and remove the explicit napi_gro_flush() > > Signed-off-by: Jonas Jensen Applied.