From: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Replace dev_kfree_skb with dev_consume_skb_any in el3_start_xmit as it can be called in hard irq and other contexts. dev_consume_skb_any is used as on this simple hardware the skb is consumed directly by the start_xmit function. Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c509.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c509.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c509.c index c53384d41c96..35df0b9e6848 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c509.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c509.c @@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ el3_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev) spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lp->lock, flags); - dev_kfree_skb (skb); + dev_consume_skb_any (skb); /* Clear the Tx status stack. */ { -- 1.7.10.4 -- 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