Re: rtlwifi: Fix kernel oops introduced with commit e49656147359

From	Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: rtlwifi: Fix kernel oops introduced with commit e49656147359
Date	2016-12-21 15:40 +0100
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Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> wrote:
> With commit e49656147359 {"rtlwifi: Use dev_kfree_skb_irq instead of
> kfree_skb"), the method used to free an skb was changed because the
> kfree_skb() was inside a spinlock. What was forgotten is that kfree_skb()
> guards against a NULL value for the argument. Routine dev_kfree_skb_irq()
> does not, and a test is needed to prevent kernel panics.
> 
> Fixes: e49656147359 ("rtlwifi: Use dev_kfree_skb_irq instead of kfree_skb")
> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
> Cc: Stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 4.9+
> Cc: Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@huawei.com>

Patch applied to wireless-drivers.git, thanks.

22b68b93ae25 rtlwifi: Fix kernel oops introduced with commit e49656147359

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9481055/

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[PATCH] rtlwifi: Fix kernel oops introduced with commit e49656147359 Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> - 2016-12-20 03:40 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] rtlwifi: Fix kernel oops introduced with commit e49656147359 Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org> - 2016-12-20 12:30 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] rtlwifi: Fix kernel oops introduced with commit  e49656147359 Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> - 2016-12-20 16:30 +0100
  Re: rtlwifi: Fix kernel oops introduced with commit e49656147359 Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org> - 2016-12-21 15:40 +0100

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