netdev - [PATCH net] net: dlink: use dev_kfree_skb_any instead of dev_kfree

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Message-ID: <20251003022300.1105-1-yyyynoom@gmail.com>
Date: Fri,  3 Oct 2025 11:23:00 +0900
From: Yeounsu Moon <yyyynoom@...il.com>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Yeounsu Moon <yyyynoom@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH net] net: dlink: use dev_kfree_skb_any instead of dev_kfree_skb

Replace `dev_kfree_skb()` with `dev_kfree_skb_any()` in `start_xmit()`
which can be called from hard irq context (netpoll) and from other
contexts.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Yeounsu Moon <yyyynoom@...il.com>
Tested-on: D-Link DGE-550T Rev-A3
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/dl2k.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/dl2k.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/dl2k.c
index 1996d2e4e3e2..fcb89f9e5e2e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/dl2k.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/dl2k.c
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ start_xmit (struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	u64 tfc_vlan_tag = 0;
 
 	if (np->link_status == 0) {	/* Link Down */
-		dev_kfree_skb(skb);
+		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
 		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 	}
 	entry = np->cur_tx % TX_RING_SIZE;
-- 
2.51.0