ath5k: fix bf->skb==NULL panic in ath5k_tasklet_rx

Under memory pressure, we may not be able to allocate a new skb for
new packets.  If the allocation fails, ath5k_tasklet_rx will exit but
will leave a buffer in the list with a NULL skb, eventually triggering
a BUG_ON.

Extract the skb allocation from ath5k_rxbuf_setup() and change the
tasklet to allocate the next skb before accepting a packet.

Changes-licensed-under: 3-Clause-BSD

Signed-off-by: Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

1 files changed, 53 insertions, 32 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c
index a533ed60bb4..1d77ee9d6e9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c
@@ -1098,6 +1098,42 @@ ath5k_hw_to_driver_rix(struct ath5k_softc *sc, int hw_rix)
 * Buffers setup *
 \***************/
 
+static
+struct sk_buff *ath5k_rx_skb_alloc(struct ath5k_softc *sc, dma_addr_t *skb_addr)
+{
+        struct sk_buff *skb;
+        unsigned int off;
+
+        /*
+         * Allocate buffer with headroom_needed space for the
+         * fake physical layer header at the start.
+         */
+        skb = dev_alloc_skb(sc->rxbufsize + sc->cachelsz - 1);
+
+        if (!skb) {
+                ATH5K_ERR(sc, "can't alloc skbuff of size %u\n",
+                                sc->rxbufsize + sc->cachelsz - 1);
+                return NULL;
+        }
+        /*
+         * Cache-line-align.  This is important (for the
+         * 5210 at least) as not doing so causes bogus data
+         * in rx'd frames.
+         */
+        off = ((unsigned long)skb->data) % sc->cachelsz;
+        if (off != 0)
+                skb_reserve(skb, sc->cachelsz - off);
+
+        *skb_addr = pci_map_single(sc->pdev,
+                skb->data, sc->rxbufsize, PCI_DMA_FROMDEVICE);
+        if (unlikely(pci_dma_mapping_error(sc->pdev, *skb_addr))) {
+                ATH5K_ERR(sc, "%s: DMA mapping failed\n", __func__);
+                dev_kfree_skb(skb);
+                return NULL;
+        }
+        return skb;
+}
+
 static int
 ath5k_rxbuf_setup(struct ath5k_softc *sc, struct ath5k_buf *bf)
 {
@@ -1105,37 +1141,11 @@ ath5k_rxbuf_setup(struct ath5k_softc *sc, struct ath5k_buf *bf)
         struct sk_buff *skb = bf->skb;
         struct ath5k_desc *ds;
 
-        if (likely(skb == NULL)) {
-                unsigned int off;
-
-                /*
-                 * Allocate buffer with headroom_needed space for the
-                 * fake physical layer header at the start.
-                 */
-                skb = dev_alloc_skb(sc->rxbufsize + sc->cachelsz - 1);
-                if (unlikely(skb == NULL)) {
-                        ATH5K_ERR(sc, "can't alloc skbuff of size %u\n",
-                                        sc->rxbufsize + sc->cachelsz - 1);
+        if (!skb) {
+                skb = ath5k_rx_skb_alloc(sc, &bf->skbaddr);
+                if (!skb)
                         return -ENOMEM;
-                }
-                /*
-                 * Cache-line-align.  This is important (for the
-                 * 5210 at least) as not doing so causes bogus data
-                 * in rx'd frames.
-                 */
-                off = ((unsigned long)skb->data) % sc->cachelsz;
-                if (off != 0)
-                        skb_reserve(skb, sc->cachelsz - off);
-
                 bf->skb = skb;
-                bf->skbaddr = pci_map_single(sc->pdev,
-                        skb->data, sc->rxbufsize, PCI_DMA_FROMDEVICE);
-                if (unlikely(pci_dma_mapping_error(sc->pdev, bf->skbaddr))) {
-                        ATH5K_ERR(sc, "%s: DMA mapping failed\n", __func__);
-                        dev_kfree_skb(skb);
-                        bf->skb = NULL;
-                        return -ENOMEM;
-                }
         }
 
         /*
@@ -1664,7 +1674,8 @@ ath5k_tasklet_rx(unsigned long data)
 {
         struct ieee80211_rx_status rxs = {};
         struct ath5k_rx_status rs = {};
-        struct sk_buff *skb;
+        struct sk_buff *skb, *next_skb;
+        dma_addr_t next_skb_addr;
         struct ath5k_softc *sc = (void *)data;
         struct ath5k_buf *bf, *bf_last;
         struct ath5k_desc *ds;
@@ -1749,10 +1760,17 @@ ath5k_tasklet_rx(unsigned long data)
                                 goto next;
                 }
 accept:
+                next_skb = ath5k_rx_skb_alloc(sc, &next_skb_addr);
+
+                /*
+                 * If we can't replace bf->skb with a new skb under memory
+                 * pressure, just skip this packet
+                 */
+                if (!next_skb)
+                        goto next;
+
                 pci_unmap_single(sc->pdev, bf->skbaddr, sc->rxbufsize,
                                 PCI_DMA_FROMDEVICE);
-                bf->skb = NULL;
-
                 skb_put(skb, rs.rs_datalen);
 
                 /* The MAC header is padded to have 32-bit boundary if the
@@ -1825,6 +1843,9 @@ accept:
                         ath5k_check_ibss_tsf(sc, skb, &rxs);
 
                 __ieee80211_rx(sc->hw, skb, &rxs);
+
+                bf->skb = next_skb;
+                bf->skbaddr = next_skb_addr;
 next:
                 list_move_tail(&bf->list, &sc->rxbuf);
         } while (ath5k_rxbuf_setup(sc, bf) == 0);