[PATCH 28/54] ibmveth: Call dev_consume_skb_any instead of dev_kfree_skb.

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From: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
index e75bdfcd1374..c9127562bd22 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
@@ -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:
-- 
1.7.10.4

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