netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] sunvnet: failed trigger should not cause BUG

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Message-ID: <20150219182443.GA15948@oracle.com>
Date:	Thu, 19 Feb 2015 13:24:43 -0500
From:	Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>
To:	David L Stevens <david.stevens@...cle.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] sunvnet: failed trigger should not cause
 BUG_ON()

On (02/19/15 13:15), David L Stevens wrote:
> An error return from __vnet_tx_trigger() sets the TX descriptor to
> VIO_DESC_FREE while leaving port->tx_bufs[txi].skb set. This leads
> to a BUG_ON() the next time this descriptor is used.
> 
> This patch frees the pending skb when getting a trigger error to
> match the VIO_DESC_FREE state.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David L Stevens <david.stevens@...cle.com>

Acked-by: Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>
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