netdev - Re: [PATCH] hso: fix rx parsing logic when skb allocation fails

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Message-Id: <20150213.071729.1526535214803147119.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 13 Feb 2015 07:17:29 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	aleksander@...ksander.es
Cc:	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	j.dumon@...ion.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hso: fix rx parsing logic when skb allocation fails

From: Aleksander Morgado <aleksander@...ksander.es>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 14:51:02 +0100

> If skb allocation fails once the IP header has been received, the rx state is
> being set to WAIT_SYNC. The logic, though, shouldn't directly return, as the
> buffer may contain a full packet, and therefore the WAIT_SYNC state needs to be
> processed (resetting state to WAIT_IP, clearing rx_buf_size and re-initializing
> rx_buf_missing).
> 
> So, just let the while loop continue so that in the next iteration the WAIT_SYNC
> state cleanly stops the loop. The WAIT_SYNC processing will be done just after
> that, only if the end of packet is flagged.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aleksander Morgado <aleksander@...ksander.es>

Applied, thanks.
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