netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] liquidio: Avoid accessing skb after submitting to input queue

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Message-Id: <20170126.154248.1439762090689991124.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Thu, 26 Jan 2017 15:42:48 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     felix.manlunas@...ium.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, raghu.vatsavayi@...ium.com,
        derek.chickles@...ium.com, satananda.burla@...ium.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] liquidio: Avoid accessing skb after
 submitting to input queue

From: Felix Manlunas <felix.manlunas@...ium.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 11:52:35 -0800

> From: Satanand Burla <satananda.burla@...ium.com>
> 
> Accessing skb after submitting to input queue can cause
> access to stale pointers if the skb ends up being transmitted
> and freed by that time.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Satanand Burla <satananda.burla@...ium.com>
> Signed-off-by: Derek Chickles <derek.chickles@...ium.com>
> Signed-off-by: Raghu Vatsavayi <raghu.vatsavayi@...ium.com>
> Signed-off-by: Felix Manlunas <felix.manlunas@...ium.com>

Applied, thanks.