netdev - [PATCH 1/3] drivers/net/ipg.c: Fix skbuff leak

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Date:	8 Jan 2008 07:28:14 -0500
From:	linux@...izon.com
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, romieu@...zoreil.com
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, davem@...emloft.net, linux@...izon.com
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] drivers/net/ipg.c: Fix skbuff leak

Prompted by davem, this attempt at fixing the memory leak
actually appears to work.  At least, leaving ping -f -s1472 -l64
running doesn't drop packets and doesn't show up in /proc/slabinfo.
---
diff --git a/drivers/net/ipg.c b/drivers/net/ipg.c
index dbd23bb..a0dfba5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipg.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipg.c
@@ -1110,10 +1110,9 @@ enum {
 	Frame_WithStart_WithEnd = 11
 };
 
-inline void ipg_nic_rx_free_skb(struct net_device *dev)
+inline void ipg_nic_rx_free_skb(struct net_device *dev, unsigned entry)
 {
 	struct ipg_nic_private *sp = netdev_priv(dev);
-	unsigned int entry = sp->rx_current % IPG_RFDLIST_LENGTH;
 
 	if (sp->RxBuff[entry]) {
 		struct ipg_rx *rxfd = sp->rxd + entry;
@@ -1308,7 +1307,7 @@ static void ipg_nic_rx_with_end(struct net_device *dev,
 		jumbo->CurrentSize = 0;
 		jumbo->skb = NULL;
 
-		ipg_nic_rx_free_skb(dev);
+		ipg_nic_rx_free_skb(dev, entry);
 	} else {
 		IPG_DEV_KFREE_SKB(jumbo->skb);
 		jumbo->FoundStart = 0;
@@ -1337,7 +1336,7 @@ static void ipg_nic_rx_no_start_no_end(struct net_device *dev,
 				}
 			}
 			dev->last_rx = jiffies;
-			ipg_nic_rx_free_skb(dev);
+			ipg_nic_rx_free_skb(dev, entry);
 		}
 	} else {
 		IPG_DEV_KFREE_SKB(jumbo->skb);
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