From e7fcd5439ffd76e499b7ba4a2f8e99645addff3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexander Duyck Date: Fri, 1 May 2015 10:34:50 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] ixgbevf: Use dev_kfree_skb_any in xmit path, not dev_kfree_skb With netpoll making use of the transmit function it is possible for the ndo_start_xmit function to be called with irqs disabled. As such we need to use dev_kfree_skb_any in the Tx cleanup path for frames that are dropped. Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c index a16d267fbce4..e71cdde9cb01 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c @@ -3612,7 +3612,7 @@ static int ixgbevf_xmit_frame(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev) u8 *dst_mac = skb_header_pointer(skb, 0, 0, NULL); if (!dst_mac || is_link_local_ether_addr(dst_mac)) { - dev_kfree_skb(skb); + dev_kfree_skb_any(skb); return NETDEV_TX_OK; } -- 2.11.0