Re: [PATCH] rtlwifi: get buffer_desc before trying to alloc new skb

From: Larry Finger
Date: Thu Mar 12 2015 - 13:29:42 EST


This is a multi-part message in MIME format. On 03/12/2015 06:33 AM, Yang Bai wrote:
if rtlpriv->use_new_trx_flow == true and we run out of memory
to alloc a new skb, we will directly jump to no_new tag with
buffer_desc == NULL. Then we will dereference this NULL pointer
in function _rtl_pci_init_one_rxdesc.

Signed-off-by: Yang Bai <hamo.by@xxxxxxxxx>

Is the attached patch OK? I have tested it, but it is unlikely that I have hit any memory failures, thus that part needs to be checked by eye.

Larry