netdev - Re: [PATCH] hp100: fix an skb->len race

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Message-Id: <20110619.163410.433934092145930996.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:34:10 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	richardcochran@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hp100: fix an skb->len race

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:43:33 +0200

> As soon as skb is given to hardware and spinlock released, TX completion
> can free skb under us. Therefore, we should update netdev stats before
> spinlock release.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

Applied.
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