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authorJeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>2007-08-13 12:54:37 -0700
committerJeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>2007-08-14 01:51:09 -0400
commit10a273a67343e1f317652d69b09a212ee0284b44 (patch)
tree2eff99de733e5f4c53de2acf40d62e719bcf1291 /drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
parenta6d89915aa668776494fec8568d46aa6043ff848 (diff)
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xen-netfront: Avoid deref'ing skbafter it is potentially freed.
xennet_tx_bug_gc can free the skb before we use it, so make sure we don't. Signed-off-by: Keir Fraser <keir@xensource.com> Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com> Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/xen-netfront.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/xen-netfront.c7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
index 489f69c..4445810 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
@@ -566,6 +566,10 @@ static int xennet_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
if (notify)
notify_remote_via_irq(np->netdev->irq);
+ np->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
+ np->stats.tx_packets++;
+
+ /* Note: It is not safe to access skb after xennet_tx_buf_gc()! */
xennet_tx_buf_gc(dev);
if (!netfront_tx_slot_available(np))
@@ -573,9 +577,6 @@ static int xennet_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
spin_unlock_irq(&np->tx_lock);
- np->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
- np->stats.tx_packets++;
-
return 0;
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