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patch "staging: vt6655: device_rx_srv check sk_buff is NULL" added to staging-testing

PATCH [email protected] 1 participant 1 message May 31, 2015

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This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

staging: vt6655: device_rx_srv check sk_buff is NULL

to my staging git tree which can be found at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging.git
in the staging-testing branch.

The patch will show up in the next release of the linux-next tree (usually sometime within the next 24 hours during the week.)

The patch will be merged to the staging-next branch sometime soon, after it passes testing, and the merge window is open.

If you have any questions about this process, please let me know.

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From b5eeed8cb6097c8ea660b6598d36fdbb94065a22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

From: Malcolm Priestley <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 10:35:28 +0100
Subject: staging: vt6655: device_rx_srv check sk_buff is NULL

There is a small chance that pRD->pRDInfo->skb could go NULL while the interrupt is processing.

Put NULL check on loop to break out.

---
 drivers/staging/vt6655/device_main.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
drivers/staging/vt6655/device_main.c +4 -0
index aec3ccec2231..8dbde24eb154 100644
@@ -805,6 +805,10 @@ static int device_rx_srv(struct vnt_private *pDevice, unsigned int uIdx)
 	     pRD = pRD->next) {
 		if (works++ > 15)
 			break;
+
+		if (!pRD->pRDInfo->skb)
+			break;
+
 		if (vnt_receive_frame(pDevice, pRD)) {
 			if (!device_alloc_rx_buf(pDevice, pRD)) {
 				dev_err(&pDevice->pcid->dev,
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