netdev - [PATCH 1/1] drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c: No need for usb_free_urb in rx

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Date:	Sat,  3 Sep 2011 23:05:53 +0530
From:	Kautuk Consul <consul.kautuk@...il.com>
To:	Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.de>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	Kautuk Consul <consul.kautuk@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c: No need for usb_free_urb in rx_complete

usb_hcd_giveback_urb frees the urb irrespective of any return
value from the urb->complete function. It calls usb_put_urb which 
is #defined to usb_free_urb, so maybe we shouldn't be freeing this 
from rx_complete.

But I can't get around the fact that this has not been detected as a problem 
till now, so I could be quite wrong about this. :)

Signed-off-by: Kautuk Consul <consul.kautuk@...il.com>
---
 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c |    1 -
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
index ce395fe..6df8094 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
@@ -491,7 +491,6 @@ block:
 			rx_submit (dev, urb, GFP_ATOMIC);
 			return;
 		}
-		usb_free_urb (urb);
 	}
 	netif_dbg(dev, rx_err, dev->net, "no read resubmitted\n");
 }
-- 
1.7.4.1

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