netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] sunvnet: failed trigger should not cause BUG

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Date:	Fri, 20 Feb 2015 17:44:42 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	david.stevens@...cle.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] sunvnet: failed trigger should not cause
 BUG_ON()

From: David L Stevens <david.stevens@...cle.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 13:15:49 -0500

> An error return from __vnet_tx_trigger() sets the TX descriptor to
> VIO_DESC_FREE while leaving port->tx_bufs[txi].skb set. This leads
> to a BUG_ON() the next time this descriptor is used.
> 
> This patch frees the pending skb when getting a trigger error to
> match the VIO_DESC_FREE state.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David L Stevens <david.stevens@...cle.com>

Applied, thanks David.
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