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authorEric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>2014-04-01 12:21:02 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2014-04-01 17:53:36 -0400
commitb1586f099ba897542ece36e8a23c1a62907261ef (patch)
tree24022cea66ee2f01d37f22a94e6d0d5f71988980 /net
parentnet: Add a test to see if a skb is freeable in irq context (diff)
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netpoll: Use skb_irq_freeable to make zap_completion_queue safe.
Replace the test in zap_completion_queue to test when it is safe to free skbs in hard irq context with skb_irq_freeable ensuring we only free skbs when it is safe, and removing the possibility of subtle problems. Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net')
-rw-r--r--net/core/netpoll.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index ed7740f7a94d..e33937fb32a0 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ static void zap_completion_queue(void)
while (clist != NULL) {
struct sk_buff *skb = clist;
clist = clist->next;
- if (skb->destructor) {
+ if (!skb_irq_freeable(skb)) {
atomic_inc(&skb->users);
dev_kfree_skb_any(skb); /* put this one back */
} else {