netdev - Re: [PATCH] netxen: fix race in skb->len access

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Message-Id: <20110620.130556.2143867447969480807.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:05:56 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, amit.salecha@...gic.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netxen: fix race in skb->len access

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:26:15 +0200

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

Applied.
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