netdev - RE: [PATCH] be2net: fix a race in be

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Message-ID: <3367B80B08154D42A3B2BC708B5D41F647C6A0B900@EXMAIL.ad.emulex.com>
Date:	Fri, 8 Jun 2012 03:06:14 -0700
From:	<Sathya.Perla@...lex.Com>
To:	<eric.dumazet@...il.com>, <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] be2net: fix a race in be_xmit()


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
>
>As soon as hardware is notified of a transmit, we no longer can assume
>skb can be dereferenced, as TX completion might have freed the packet.
>
>Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
>Cc: Sathya Perla <sathya.perla@...lex.com>

Good catch. Thanks!
Acked-by: Sathya Perla <sathya.perla@...lex.com>