Revert USB 3.0 network driver changes that break the adapter (lockups) in 3.12. This just puts back the original code from previous kernels. Signed-off-by: Mark Lord --- linux/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c.orig 2013-11-03 18:41:51.000000000 -0500 +++ linux/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c 2013-11-17 13:23:39.525734277 -0500 @@ -1177,18 +1177,31 @@ int frame_size = dev->maxpacket; int mss = skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size; int headroom; + int tailroom; tx_hdr1 = skb->len; tx_hdr2 = mss; if (((skb->len + 8) % frame_size) == 0) tx_hdr2 |= 0x80008000; /* Enable padding */ - headroom = skb_headroom(skb) - 8; + headroom = skb_headroom(skb); + tailroom = skb_tailroom(skb); - if ((skb_header_cloned(skb) || headroom < 0) && - pskb_expand_head(skb, headroom < 0 ? 8 : 0, 0, GFP_ATOMIC)) { + if (!skb_header_cloned(skb) && + !skb_cloned(skb) && + (headroom + tailroom) >= 8) { + if (headroom < 8) { + skb->data = memmove(skb->head + 8, skb->data, skb->len); + skb_set_tail_pointer(skb, skb->len); + } + } else { + struct sk_buff *skb2; + + skb2 = skb_copy_expand(skb, 8, 0, flags); dev_kfree_skb_any(skb); - return NULL; + skb = skb2; + if (!skb) + return NULL; } skb_push(skb, 4);