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Re: [V2, 4.9] brcmfmac: use correct skb freeing helper when deleting flowring

From	Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [V2, 4.9] brcmfmac: use correct skb freeing helper when deleting flowring
Date	2016-09-27 17:50 +0200
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Rafał Miłecki wrote:
> From: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@milecki.pl>
> 
> Flowrings contain skbs waiting for transmission that were passed to us
> by netif. It means we checked every one of them looking for 802.1x
> Ethernet type. When deleting flowring we have to use freeing function
> that will check for 802.1x type as well.
> 
> Freeing skbs without a proper check was leading to counter not being
> properly decreased. This was triggering a WARNING every time
> brcmf_netdev_wait_pend8021x was called.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@milecki.pl>
> Acked-by: Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 4.5+

Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.

7f00ee2bbc63 brcmfmac: use correct skb freeing helper when deleting flowring

-- 
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9351797/

Documentation about submitting wireless patches and checking status
from patchwork:

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches

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[PATCH 4.9] brcmfmac: use correct skb freeing helper when deleting flowring Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@gmail.com> - 2016-09-27 11:20 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 4.9] brcmfmac: use correct skb freeing helper when  deleting flowring Arend Van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com> - 2016-09-27 12:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 4.9] brcmfmac: use correct skb freeing helper when deleting flowring Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org> - 2016-09-27 13:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 4.9] brcmfmac: use correct skb freeing helper when  deleting flowring Arend Van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com> - 2016-09-27 13:40 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 4.9] brcmfmac: use correct skb freeing helper when  deleting flowring Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@gmail.com> - 2016-09-27 13:50 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 4.9] brcmfmac: use correct skb freeing helper when  deleting flowring Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@gmail.com> - 2016-09-27 14:00 +0200
          Re: [PATCH 4.9] brcmfmac: use correct skb freeing helper when  deleting flowring Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@gmail.com> - 2016-09-27 14:10 +0200
          Re: [PATCH 4.9] brcmfmac: use correct skb freeing helper when  deleting flowring Arend Van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com> - 2016-09-27 14:10 +0200
          Re: [PATCH 4.9] brcmfmac: use correct skb freeing helper when deleting flowring Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org> - 2016-09-27 14:10 +0200
  [PATCH V2 4.9] brcmfmac: use correct skb freeing helper when deleting flowring Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@gmail.com> - 2016-09-27 14:20 +0200
    Re: [V2,  4.9] brcmfmac: use correct skb freeing helper when deleting flowring Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org> - 2016-09-27 17:50 +0200

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