staging: vt6656: free skbuff and relocate on bReAllocSkb == FALSE.
authorMalcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@gmail.com>
Sun, 4 Nov 2012 17:20:06 +0000 (17:20 +0000)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:45:43 +0000 (12:45 -0800)
bReAllocSkb == FALSE is when data is not fed to user land.

Free and relocate skbuff.

Where data is not sent return = FALSE from RXbBulkInProcessData.

This appears to reduce false errors when a reused skbuff has old data.

Signed-off-by: Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/staging/vt6656/dpc.c

index 28edf9e7efcbbe5e71a800f421f979dfac777bd2..5ad7abb869a421635f5396964e75949db2f339ea 100644 (file)
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ RXbBulkInProcessData (
                 //Discard beacon packet which channel is 0
                 if ( (WLAN_GET_FC_FSTYPE((pRxPacket->p80211Header->sA3.wFrameCtl)) == WLAN_FSTYPE_BEACON) ||
                      (WLAN_GET_FC_FSTYPE((pRxPacket->p80211Header->sA3.wFrameCtl)) == WLAN_FSTYPE_PROBERESP) ) {
-                    return TRUE;
+                       return FALSE;
                 }
             }
             pRxPacket->byRxChannel = (*pbyRxSts) >> 2;
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ RXbBulkInProcessData (
                      pDevice->skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_802_2);
                      memset(pDevice->skb->cb, 0, sizeof(pDevice->skb->cb));
                      netif_rx(pDevice->skb);
-                     pDevice->skb = dev_alloc_skb((int)pDevice->rx_buf_sz);
+                       return TRUE;
                  }
 
                 return FALSE;
@@ -1534,6 +1534,11 @@ RXvFreeRCB(
     ASSERT(!pRCB->Ref);     // should be 0
     ASSERT(pRCB->pDevice);  // shouldn't be NULL
 
+       if (bReAllocSkb == FALSE) {
+               kfree_skb(pRCB->skb);
+               bReAllocSkb = TRUE;
+       }
+
     if (bReAllocSkb == TRUE) {
         pRCB->skb = dev_alloc_skb((int)pDevice->rx_buf_sz);
         // todo error handling