[PATCH 2/2] ath11k: fix missing skb drop on htc_tx_completion error

Jeff Johnson quic_jjohnson at quicinc.com
Tue May 31 13:32:18 PDT 2022


On 5/28/2022 7:25 AM, Christian 'Ansuel' Marangi wrote:
> On htc_tx_completion error the skb is not dropped. This is wrong since
> the completion_handler logic expect the skb to be consumed anyway even
> when an error is triggerer. Not freeing the skb on error is a memory

nit: s/triggerer/triggered/

Kalle can fix this when he merges so no need to post a correction

> leak since the skb won't be freed anywere else. Correctly free the
> packet on eid >= ATH11K_HTC_EP_COUNT before returning.
> 
> Tested-on: IPQ8074 hw2.0 AHB WLAN.HK.2.5.0.1-01208-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
> 
> Fixes: f951380a6022 ("ath11k: Disabling credit flow for WMI path")
> Signed-off-by: Christian 'Ansuel' Marangi <ansuelsmth at gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson at quicinc.com>

> ---
>   drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/htc.c | 4 +++-
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/htc.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/htc.c
> index 069c29a4fac7..ca3aedc0252d 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/htc.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/htc.c
> @@ -258,8 +258,10 @@ void ath11k_htc_tx_completion_handler(struct ath11k_base *ab,
>   	u8 eid;
>   
>   	eid = ATH11K_SKB_CB(skb)->eid;
> -	if (eid >= ATH11K_HTC_EP_COUNT)
> +	if (eid >= ATH11K_HTC_EP_COUNT) {
> +		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
>   		return;
> +	}
>   
>   	ep = &htc->endpoint[eid];
>   	spin_lock_bh(&htc->tx_lock);




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