netdev - Re: [V2, 4.9] brcmfmac: use correct skb freeing helper when deleting flowring

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Message-Id: <20160927154819.309F561405@smtp.codeaurora.org>
Date:   Tue, 27 Sep 2016 15:48:19 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com>
Cc:     Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@...adcom.com>,
        Franky Lin <franky.lin@...adcom.com>,
        Hante Meuleman <hante.meuleman@...adcom.com>,
        Pieter-Paul Giesberts <pieter-paul.giesberts@...adcom.com>,
        Franky Lin <frankyl@...adcom.com>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        brcm80211-dev-list.pdl@...adcom.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Rafał Miłecki <rafal@...ecki.pl>
Subject: Re: [V2,
 4.9] brcmfmac: use correct skb freeing helper when deleting flowring

Rafał Miłecki wrote:
> From: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@...ecki.pl>
> 
> Flowrings contain skbs waiting for transmission that were passed to us
> by netif. It means we checked every one of them looking for 802.1x
> Ethernet type. When deleting flowring we have to use freeing function
> that will check for 802.1x type as well.
> 
> Freeing skbs without a proper check was leading to counter not being
> properly decreased. This was triggering a WARNING every time
> brcmf_netdev_wait_pend8021x was called.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@...ecki.pl>
> Acked-by: Arend van Spriel <arend@...adcom.com>
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org # 4.5+

Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.

7f00ee2bbc63 brcmfmac: use correct skb freeing helper when deleting flowring

-- 
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9351797/

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