xennet_tx_bug_gc can free the skb before we use it, so make sure we don't.

Jeff, this is -rc material.

Signed-off-by: Keir Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

diff -r 8bfc43f6d1b0 drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c        Tue Aug 07 14:26:30 2007 -0700
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c        Mon Aug 13 09:39:15 2007 -0700
@@ -566,15 +566,16 @@ static int xennet_start_xmit(struct sk_b
        if (notify)
                notify_remote_via_irq(np->netdev->irq);
 
+       np->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
+       np->stats.tx_packets++;
+
+       /* Note: It is not safe to access skb after xennet_tx_buf_gc()! */
        xennet_tx_buf_gc(dev);
 
        if (!netfront_tx_slot_available(np))
                netif_stop_queue(dev);
 
        spin_unlock_irq(&np->tx_lock);
-
-       np->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
-       np->stats.tx_packets++;
 
        return 0;
 


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