Re: [V2, 4.9] brcmfmac: use correct skb freeing helper when deleting flowring
From: Kalle Valo
Date: Tue Sep 27 2016 - 11:48:31 EST
RafaÅ MiÅecki wrote:
> From: RafaÅ MiÅecki <rafal@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Flowrings contain skbs waiting for transmission that were passed to us
> by netif. It means we checked every one of them looking for 802.1x
> Ethernet type. When deleting flowring we have to use freeing function
> that will check for 802.1x type as well.
>
> Freeing skbs without a proper check was leading to counter not being
> properly decreased. This was triggering a WARNING every time
> brcmf_netdev_wait_pend8021x was called.
>
> Signed-off-by: RafaÅ MiÅecki <rafal@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Arend van Spriel <arend@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 4.5+
Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.
7f00ee2bbc63 brcmfmac: use correct skb freeing helper when deleting flowring
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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9351797/
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