netdev - Re: [PATCH 46/54] via-rhine: Call dev_kfree/consume_skb_any instead of dev_kfree

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Message-ID: <1395780294.12610.176.camel@edumazet-glaptop2.roam.corp.google.com>
Date:	Tue, 25 Mar 2014 13:44:54 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, mpm@...enic.com, satyam.sharma@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 46/54] via-rhine: Call dev_kfree/consume_skb_any instead
 of dev_kfree_skb.

On Mon, 2014-03-24 at 23:05 -0700, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> From: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
> 
> Replace dev_kfree_skb with dev_kfree_skb_any in rhine_start_tx which
> can be called in hard irq and other contexts.  Packets are only freed
> in rhine_start_tx if they are dropped.
> 
> Replace dev_kfree_skb with dev_consume_skb_any in rhine_tx that can be
> called in hard irq and other contexts.  rhine_tx handles successfully
> transmitted packets.
> 
> Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>

Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>


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