From 10a273a67343e1f317652d69b09a212ee0284b44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:54:37 -0700 Subject: xen-netfront: Avoid deref'ing skbafter it is potentially freed. xennet_tx_bug_gc can free the skb before we use it, so make sure we don't. Signed-off-by: Keir Fraser Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge Cc: Jeff Garzik Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik --- drivers/net/xen-netfront.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/net') diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c index 489f69c5d6ca..4445810335a8 100644 --- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c +++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c @@ -566,6 +566,10 @@ static int xennet_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev) if (notify) notify_remote_via_irq(np->netdev->irq); + np->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len; + np->stats.tx_packets++; + + /* Note: It is not safe to access skb after xennet_tx_buf_gc()! */ xennet_tx_buf_gc(dev); if (!netfront_tx_slot_available(np)) @@ -573,9 +577,6 @@ static int xennet_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev) spin_unlock_irq(&np->tx_lock); - np->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len; - np->stats.tx_packets++; - return 0; drop: -- cgit v1.2.2