netdev - [PATCH net] net: sparx5: do not refer to skb after passing it on

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Date:   Tue, 1 Feb 2022 15:30:57 +0100
From:   Steen Hegelund <steen.hegelund@...rochip.com>
To:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        <UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Dan Carpenter" <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
CC:     Steen Hegelund <steen.hegelund@...rochip.com>,
        kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH net] net: sparx5: do not refer to skb after passing it on

Do not try to use any SKB fields after the packet has been passed up in the
receive stack.

This error was reported as shown below:
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

Fixes: f3cad2611a77 (net: sparx5: add hostmode with phylink support)

Signed-off-by: Steen Hegelund <steen.hegelund@...rochip.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_packet.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_packet.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_packet.c
index dc7e5ea6ec15..ebdce4b35686 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_packet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_packet.c
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ static void sparx5_xtr_grp(struct sparx5 *sparx5, u8 grp, bool byte_swap)
 	skb_put(skb, byte_cnt - ETH_FCS_LEN);
 	eth_skb_pad(skb);
 	skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, netdev);
-	netif_rx(skb);
 	netdev->stats.rx_bytes += skb->len;
+	netif_rx(skb);
 	netdev->stats.rx_packets++;
 }

--
2.35.1