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authorJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>2009-11-03 23:14:39 +0300
committerJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>2009-11-03 23:14:39 +0300
commit2058297d2d045cb57138c33b87cfabcc80e65186 (patch)
tree7ccffd0e162cbd7471f643561e79f23abb989a62 /drivers/net/virtio_net.c
parent150e6c67f4bf6ab51e62defc41bd19a2eefe5709 (diff)
parent4b27e1bb442e964903f8a3fa6bdf33a602dc0941 (diff)
downloadlinux-2058297d2d045cb57138c33b87cfabcc80e65186.tar.xz
Merge branch 'for-linus' into for-2.6.33
Conflicts: block/cfq-iosched.c Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/virtio_net.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/virtio_net.c17
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index 8d009760277c..05630f2f6930 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
#include <linux/ethtool.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/virtio.h>
-#include <linux/virtio_ids.h>
#include <linux/virtio_net.h>
#include <linux/scatterlist.h>
#include <linux/if_vlan.h>
@@ -454,7 +453,7 @@ static unsigned int free_old_xmit_skbs(struct virtnet_info *vi)
vi->dev->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
vi->dev->stats.tx_packets++;
tot_sgs += skb_vnet_hdr(skb)->num_sg;
- kfree_skb(skb);
+ dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
}
return tot_sgs;
}
@@ -517,8 +516,7 @@ again:
/* Free up any pending old buffers before queueing new ones. */
free_old_xmit_skbs(vi);
- /* Put new one in send queue and do transmit */
- __skb_queue_head(&vi->send, skb);
+ /* Try to transmit */
capacity = xmit_skb(vi, skb);
/* This can happen with OOM and indirect buffers. */
@@ -532,8 +530,17 @@ again:
}
return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
}
-
vi->svq->vq_ops->kick(vi->svq);
+
+ /*
+ * Put new one in send queue. You'd expect we'd need this before
+ * xmit_skb calls add_buf(), since the callback can be triggered
+ * immediately after that. But since the callback just triggers
+ * another call back here, normal network xmit locking prevents the
+ * race.
+ */
+ __skb_queue_head(&vi->send, skb);
+
/* Don't wait up for transmitted skbs to be freed. */
skb_orphan(skb);
nf_reset(skb);