| commit | b6ea03562f04382776ad825624daefe27f5d3f9c | |
| author | Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com> | |
| Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:42:54 +0000 (10 14:42 -0500) | ||
| committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | |
| Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:00:22 +0000 (29 16:00 -0500) | ||
| tree | 1fa0d8df1c011ae6ab693bcd4db6bc14a936a68a | treesnapshot (tar.gz zip) |
| parent | 138ab2e44e99a9544aad60cf137b8ac1f54131c5 | commitdiff |
ath5k: fix bf->skb==NULL panic in ath5k_tasklet_rx
Under memory pressure, we may not be able to allocate a new skb for
new packets. If the allocation fails, ath5k_tasklet_rx will exit but
will leave a buffer in the list with a NULL skb, eventually triggering
a BUG_ON.
Extract the skb allocation from ath5k_rxbuf_setup() and change the
tasklet to allocate the next skb before accepting a packet.
Changes-licensed-under: 3-Clause-BSD
Signed-off-by: Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Under memory pressure, we may not be able to allocate a new skb for
new packets. If the allocation fails, ath5k_tasklet_rx will exit but
will leave a buffer in the list with a NULL skb, eventually triggering
a BUG_ON.
Extract the skb allocation from ath5k_rxbuf_setup() and change the
tasklet to allocate the next skb before accepting a packet.
Changes-licensed-under: 3-Clause-BSD
Signed-off-by: Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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