From dedb845ded56ded1c62f5398a94ffa8615d4592d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: KY Srinivasan Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 22:16:43 -0700 Subject: hyperv: Fix a bug in netvsc_start_xmit() After the packet is successfully sent, we should not touch the skb as it may have been freed. This patch is based on the work done by Long Li . In this version of the patch I have fixed issues pointed out by David. David, please queue this up for stable. Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan Tested-by: Long Li Tested-by: Sitsofe Wheeler Signed-off-by: David S. Miller diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c index a9c5eaa..0fcb5e7 100644 --- a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c +++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c @@ -387,6 +387,7 @@ static int netvsc_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *net) int hdr_offset; u32 net_trans_info; u32 hash; + u32 skb_length = skb->len; /* We will atmost need two pages to describe the rndis @@ -562,7 +563,7 @@ do_send: drop: if (ret == 0) { - net->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len; + net->stats.tx_bytes += skb_length; net->stats.tx_packets++; } else { kfree(packet); -- cgit v0.10.2