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Message-ID: <4918A364-8C8A-4F69-B03F-644339FC1A7B@coraid.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:35:54 -0500
From: Ed Cashin <ecashin@...aid.com>
To: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
"kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org" <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] aoe: avoid using skb member after dev_queue_xmit
On Oct 25, 2012, at 2:33 AM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 03:08:07PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
>> On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:26:13 -0400
>> Ed Cashin <ecashin@...aid.com> wrote:
>>
>>> After calling dev_queue_xmit it is no longer safe to access the
>>> members of the skb.
>>>
>>> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
>>
>> hm, that was clever. How did Dan detect this bug?
>
> It was a Smatch thing, but it wasn't enabled by default. I think I
> will enable it. This is the second bug use after dev_queue_xmit()
> in two years.
OK, no more procrastinating. I'm using smatch from today forward.
--
Ed Cashin
ecashin@...aid.com
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