netpoll can call functions in hard irq context that are ordinarily called in lesser contexts. For those functions use dev_kfree_skb_any and dev_consume_skb_any so skbs are freed safely from hard irq context. Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c | 6 +++--- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c index c5b9320f7629..9ab00ba6b580 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c @@ -2146,13 +2146,13 @@ static int gfar_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev) skb_new = skb_realloc_headroom(skb, fcb_len); if (!skb_new) { dev->stats.tx_errors++; - kfree_skb(skb); + dev_kfree_skb_any(skb); return NETDEV_TX_OK; } if (skb->sk) skb_set_owner_w(skb_new, skb->sk); - consume_skb(skb); + dev_consume_skb_any(skb); skb = skb_new; } @@ -2744,7 +2744,7 @@ int gfar_clean_rx_ring(struct gfar_priv_rx_q *rx_queue, int rx_work_limit) if (unlikely(!newskb)) newskb = skb; else if (skb) - dev_kfree_skb(skb); + dev_kfree_skb_any(skb); } else { /* Increment the number of packets */ rx_queue->stats.rx_packets++; -- 1.7.5.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html