lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2005]   [May]   [12]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
Patch in this message
/
From
Subject[PATCH 3/4] iseries_veth: Don't leak skbs in RX path
Date
Hi Andrew, Jeff,

Under some strange circumstances the iseries_veth driver can leak skbs.

Fix is simply to call dev_kfree_skb() in the right place.
Fix up the comment as well.

Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <michael@ellerman.id.au>
--

iseries_veth.c | 17 +++++++++++------
1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Index: veth-fixes/drivers/net/iseries_veth.c
===================================================================
--- veth-fixes.orig/drivers/net/iseries_veth.c
+++ veth-fixes/drivers/net/iseries_veth.c
@@ -1264,13 +1264,18 @@ static void veth_receive(struct veth_lpa

vlan = skb->data[9];
dev = veth_dev[vlan];
- if (! dev)
- /* Some earlier versions of the driver sent
- broadcasts down all connections, even to
- lpars that weren't on the relevant vlan.
- So ignore packets belonging to a vlan we're
- not on. */
+ if (! dev) {
+ /*
+ * Some earlier versions of the driver sent
+ * broadcasts down all connections, even to lpars
+ * that weren't on the relevant vlan. So ignore
+ * packets belonging to a vlan we're not on.
+ * We can also be here if we receive packets while
+ * the driver is going down, because then dev is NULL.
+ */
+ dev_kfree_skb_irq(skb);
continue;
+ }

port = (struct veth_port *)dev->priv;
dest = *((u64 *) skb->data) & 0xFFFFFFFFFFFF0000;
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-05-12 09:59    [W:0.034 / U:0.764 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site