| To: | Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | [PATCH 3/4] iseries_veth: Don't leak skbs in RX path |
| From: | Michael Ellerman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Thu, 12 May 2005 17:55:08 +1000 |
| Cc: | netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx |
| Reply-to: | michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx |
| Sender: | netdev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx |
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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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
--
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;
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