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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/1] xen/netback: only non-freed SKB is queued into tx_queue



On Fri, 2012-06-29 at 00:55 +0100, David Miller wrote:
> From: annie.li@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:46:58 +0800
> 
> > From: Annie Li <Annie.li@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > After SKB is queued into tx_queue, it will be freed if request_gop is NULL.
> > However, no dequeue action is called in this situation, it is likely that
> > tx_queue constains freed SKB. This patch should fix this issue, and it is
> > based on 3.5.0-rc4+.
> > 
> > This issue is found through code inspection, no bug is seen with it 
> > currently.
> > I run netperf test for several hours, and no network regression was found.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Annie Li <annie.li@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> I lack the expertiece necessary to properly review this, so I really
> need a Xen expert to look this over.

Sorry, I put it to one side waiting for the repost to netdev and then
forgot about it...

Yes, this change looks good to me:

Acked-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>


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