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ibmveth: Call dev_consume_skb_any instead of dev_kfree_skb.

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Replace dev_kfree_skb with dev_consume_skb_any in ibmveth_start_xmit
that can be called in hard irq and other contexts.

In this code path the packet can have either been transmitted
or dropped, dev_consume_skb_any was choosen because that preserves
the existing semantics of the code, and a transmitted packet is
more likely.

Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
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Eric W. Biederman 2014-03-15 17:29:34 -07:00
parent cfbe406307
commit 26faa9d777
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drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
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@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@ retry_bounce:
DMA_TO_DEVICE);
out:
dev_kfree_skb(skb);
dev_consume_skb_any(skb);
return NETDEV_TX_OK;
map_failed_frags: