[PATCH v6 4/4] net: moxa: continue loop on skb allocation failure

David Miller davem at davemloft.net
Mon Aug 25 17:26:15 PDT 2014


From: Jonas Jensen <jonas.jensen at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 16:22:40 +0200

> If netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align() fails, subsequent code will
> try to dereference an invalid pointer.
> 
> Continue to next descriptor on error.
> 
> While we're at it,
> 
> 1. eliminate the chance of an endless loop, replace the main
>    loop with while(rx < budget)
> 
> 2. use napi_complete() and remove the explicit napi_gro_flush()
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jonas Jensen <jonas.jensen at gmail.com>

Applied.



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