From: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Replace dev_kfree_skb with dev_consume_skb_any in smc_hardware_send_pkt that can be called in hard irq and other contexts, and handles successfully transmitted packets. Replace dev_kfree_skb with dev_kfree_skb_any in smc_hard_start_xmit which can be called in hard irq and other contexts, and only frees skbs when dropping them. Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.c index 839c0e6cca01..d1b4dca53a9d 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.c @@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ static void smc_hardware_send_pkt(unsigned long data) done: if (!THROTTLE_TX_PKTS) netif_wake_queue(dev); - dev_kfree_skb(skb); + dev_consume_skb_any(skb); } /* @@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ static int smc_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev) netdev_warn(dev, "Far too big packet error.\n"); dev->stats.tx_errors++; dev->stats.tx_dropped++; - dev_kfree_skb(skb); + dev_kfree_skb_any(skb); return NETDEV_TX_OK; } -- 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