[PATCH] net: lpc_eth: fix tx completion

Eric Dumazet eric.dumazet at gmail.com
Mon Jun 11 13:21:36 EDT 2012


From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet at google.com>

__lpc_handle_xmit() has two bugs :

1) It can leak skbs in case TXSTATUS_ERROR is set

2) It can wake up txqueue while no slot was freed.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet at google.com>
Reported-by: Roland Stigge <stigge at antcom.de>
Tested-by: Roland Stigge <stigge at antcom.de>
Cc: Kevin Wells <kevin.wells at nxp.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/nxp/lpc_eth.c |   10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/nxp/lpc_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/nxp/lpc_eth.c
index 8d2666f..ff76c21 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/nxp/lpc_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/nxp/lpc_eth.c
@@ -946,16 +946,16 @@ static void __lpc_handle_xmit(struct net_device *ndev)
 			/* Update stats */
 			ndev->stats.tx_packets++;
 			ndev->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
-
-			/* Free buffer */
-			dev_kfree_skb_irq(skb);
 		}
+		dev_kfree_skb_irq(skb);
 
 		txcidx = readl(LPC_ENET_TXCONSUMEINDEX(pldat->net_base));
 	}
 
-	if (netif_queue_stopped(ndev))
-		netif_wake_queue(ndev);
+	if (pldat->num_used_tx_buffs <= ENET_TX_DESC/2) {
+		if (netif_queue_stopped(ndev))
+			netif_wake_queue(ndev);
+	}
 }
 
 static int __lpc_handle_recv(struct net_device *ndev, int budget)





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