After calling dev_queue_xmit it is no longer safe to access the members of the skb.
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpen...@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Ed Cashin <ecas...@coraid.com> --- drivers/block/aoe/aoenet.c | 4 +++- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoenet.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoenet.c index ae56828..2e47404 100644 --- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoenet.c +++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoenet.c @@ -55,12 +55,14 @@ static int tx(void) __must_hold(&txlock) { struct sk_buff *skb; + struct net_device *ifp; while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&skbtxq))) { spin_unlock_irq(&txlock); + ifp = skb->dev; if (dev_queue_xmit(skb) == NET_XMIT_DROP && net_ratelimit()) pr_warn("aoe: packet could not be sent on %s. %s\n", - skb->dev ? skb->dev->name : "netif", + ifp ? ifp->name : "netif", "consider increasing tx_queue_len"); spin_lock_irq(&txlock); } -- 1.7.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/