linux-kernel - [ 133/150] mlx4_en: fix allocation of device tx

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Message-Id: <20130226235538.035791414@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:	Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:56:30 -0800
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org,
	Kleber Sacilotto de Souza <klebers@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Amir Vadai <amirv@...lanox.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: [ 133/150] mlx4_en: fix allocation of device tx_cq

3.8-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------


From: Kleber Sacilotto de Souza <klebers@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

[ Upstream commit 427a96252d8eee7b9bbafce15bd37fa3387ede55 ]

The memory to hold the network device tx_cq is not being allocated with
the correct size in mlx4_en_init_netdev(). It should use MAX_TX_RINGS
instead of MAX_RX_RINGS. This can cause problems if the number of tx
rings being used is greater than MAX_RX_RINGS.

Signed-off-by: Kleber Sacilotto de Souza <klebers@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Amir Vadai <amirv@...lanox.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
@@ -1597,7 +1597,7 @@ int mlx4_en_init_netdev(struct mlx4_en_d
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;
 	}
-	priv->tx_cq = kzalloc(sizeof(struct mlx4_en_cq) * MAX_RX_RINGS,
+	priv->tx_cq = kzalloc(sizeof(struct mlx4_en_cq) * MAX_TX_RINGS,
 			      GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!priv->tx_cq) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;


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