linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH Resend] net: asix: add missing flag to struct driver

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Date:	Fri, 14 Feb 2014 15:48:53 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	emilgoode@...il.com
Cc:	ming.lei@...onical.com, broonie@...aro.org,
	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com, gdt@....id.au,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH Resend] net: asix: add missing flag to struct
 driver_info

From: Emil Goode <emilgoode@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 19:30:39 +0100

> The struct driver_info ax88178_info is assigned the function
> asix_rx_fixup_common as it's rx_fixup callback. This means that
> FLAG_MULTI_PACKET must be set as this function is cloning the
> data and calling usbnet_skb_return. Not setting this flag leads
> to usbnet_skb_return beeing called a second time from within
> the rx_process function in the usbnet module.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Emil Goode <emilgoode@...il.com>
> Reported-by: Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>

Applied and queued up for -stable.

It would be great if there were some way to validate these
callback flags requirements and catch such errors.
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