netdev - Re: [BUG] NULL pointer dereference in skb

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Date:	Sat, 02 Aug 2008 12:22:51 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jarkao2@...il.com
Cc:	emil.s.tantilov@...el.com, jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [BUG] NULL pointer dereference in skb_dequeue

From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2008 12:18:15 -0700 (PDT)

> See my other emails, it isn't even necessary anyways.

Sorry, because some idiot took part of the conversation private
my follow-on fixup patch didn't make it to the list, here it is.

It goes on top of the original patch I sent out:

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 69320a5..da7acac 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1796,7 +1796,7 @@ gso:
 	skb->tc_verd = SET_TC_AT(skb->tc_verd,AT_EGRESS);
 #endif
 	if (q->enqueue) {
-		spinlock_t *root_lock = qdisc_root_lock(q);
+		spinlock_t *root_lock = qdisc_lock(q);
 
 		spin_lock(root_lock);
 
@@ -1995,7 +1995,7 @@ static void net_tx_action(struct softirq_action *h)
 			smp_mb__before_clear_bit();
 			clear_bit(__QDISC_STATE_SCHED, &q->state);
 
-			root_lock = qdisc_root_lock(q);
+			root_lock = qdisc_lock(q);
 			if (spin_trylock(root_lock)) {
 				qdisc_run(q);
 				spin_unlock(root_lock);
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