It is not allowed to call kfree_skb() from hardware interrupt
context or with interrupts being disabled. All the SKBs have
been dequeued from the old queue, so it's safe to enqueue these
SKBs to a free queue, then free them after spin_unlock_irqrestore()
at once. Compile tested only.
Fixes: 5c99f04fec93 ("rtlwifi: rtl8723be: Update driver to match Realtek release of 06/28/14")
Signed-off-by: Yang Yingliang <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Ping-Ke Shih <[email protected]>
---
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8723be/hw.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8723be/hw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8723be/hw.c
index 189cc6437600..0ba3bbed6ed3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8723be/hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8723be/hw.c
@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@ static void _rtl8723be_return_beacon_queue_skb(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
struct rtl_priv *rtlpriv = rtl_priv(hw);
struct rtl_pci *rtlpci = rtl_pcidev(rtl_pcipriv(hw));
struct rtl8192_tx_ring *ring = &rtlpci->tx_ring[BEACON_QUEUE];
+ struct sk_buff_head free_list;
unsigned long flags;
+ skb_queue_head_init(&free_list);
spin_lock_irqsave(&rtlpriv->locks.irq_th_lock, flags);
while (skb_queue_len(&ring->queue)) {
struct rtl_tx_desc *entry = &ring->desc[ring->idx];
@@ -41,10 +43,12 @@ static void _rtl8723be_return_beacon_queue_skb(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
rtlpriv->cfg->ops->get_desc(hw, (u8 *)entry,
true, HW_DESC_TXBUFF_ADDR),
skb->len, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
- kfree_skb(skb);
+ __skb_queue_tail(&free_list, skb);
ring->idx = (ring->idx + 1) % ring->entries;
}
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rtlpriv->locks.irq_th_lock, flags);
+
+ __skb_queue_purge(&free_list);
}
static void _rtl8723be_set_bcn_ctrl_reg(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
--
2.25.1