From: Bob Copeland Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:42:54 +0000 (-0500) Subject: ath5k: fix bf->skb==NULL panic in ath5k_tasklet_rx X-Git-Tag: v2.6.29-rc5~3^2~25 X-Git-Url: http://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=fcf6b1bca8cdfefc986909b57277af4628955bd8;p=pandora-kernel.git ath5k: fix bf->skb==NULL panic in ath5k_tasklet_rx Under memory pressure, we may not be able to allocate a new skb for new packets. If the allocation fails, ath5k_tasklet_rx will exit but will leave a buffer in the list with a NULL skb, eventually triggering a BUG_ON. Extract the skb allocation from ath5k_rxbuf_setup() and change the tasklet to allocate the next skb before accepting a packet. Changes-licensed-under: 3-Clause-BSD Signed-off-by: Bob Copeland Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- Reading git-diff-tree failed