On Tue, 29 Oct 2024 22:15:15 +0100 Stefan Wahren wrote:
Isn't it easier to change this function to free the copy rather than the original? That way the original will remain valid for the callers.
You mean something like this?
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/vertexcom/mse102x.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/vertexcom/mse102x.c index a04d4073def9..2c37957478fb 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/vertexcom/mse102x.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/vertexcom/mse102x.c @@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ static int mse102x_tx_frame_spi(struct mse102x_net *mse, struct sk_buff *txp, struct mse102x_net_spi *mses = to_mse102x_spi(mse); struct spi_transfer *xfer = &mses->spi_xfer; struct spi_message *msg = &mses->spi_msg; - struct sk_buff *tskb; + struct sk_buff *tskb = NULL; int ret;
netif_dbg(mse, tx_queued, mse->ndev, "%s: skb %p, %d@%p\n", @@ -235,7 +235,6 @@ static int mse102x_tx_frame_spi(struct mse102x_net *mse, struct sk_buff *txp, if (!tskb) return -ENOMEM;
- dev_kfree_skb(txp); txp = tskb; }
@@ -257,6 +256,8 @@ static int mse102x_tx_frame_spi(struct mse102x_net *mse, struct sk_buff *txp, mse->stats.xfer_err++; }
+ dev_kfree_skb(tskb);
return ret; }
Exactly, I think it would work and it feels simpler.