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authorBob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com>2009-01-10 14:42:54 -0500
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2009-02-11 11:27:16 -0500
commitfcf6b1bca8cdfefc986909b57277af4628955bd8 (patch)
tree7a8000cbdeb8deb45f5139d179b2d243586e1321 /net
parent7b7a799d664a46eec6cb7de200c90f40730497a7 (diff)
ath5k: fix bf->skb==NULL panic in ath5k_tasklet_rx
Under memory pressure, we may not be able to allocate a new skb for new packets. If the allocation fails, ath5k_tasklet_rx will exit but will leave a buffer in the list with a NULL skb, eventually triggering a BUG_ON. Extract the skb allocation from ath5k_rxbuf_setup() and change the tasklet to allocate the next skb before accepting a packet. Changes-licensed-under: 3-Clause-BSD Signed-off-by: Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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