On 2016/08/08 09:26, Andreas Werner wrote:
[...]
> > > +
> > > + if (cf->can_dlc > 0)
> > > + data[0] = be32_to_cpup((__be32 *)(cf->data));
> > > + if (cf->can_dlc > 3)
> > > + data[1] = be32_to_cpup((__be32 *)(cf->data + 4));
> > > +
> > > + writel(id, &cf_buf->can_id);
> > > + writel(cf->can_dlc, &cf_buf->length);
> > > +
> > > + if (!(cf->can_id & CAN_RTR_FLAG)) {
> > > + writel(data[0], &cf_buf->data[0]);
> > > + writel(data[1], &cf_buf->data[1]);
> > > +
> > > + stats->tx_bytes += cf->can_dlc;
> > > + }
> > > +
> > > + /* be sure everything is written to the
> > > + * device before acknowledge the data.
> > > + */
> > > + mmiowb();
> > > +
> > > + /* trigger the transmission */
> > > + men_z192_ack_tx_pkg(priv, 1);
> > > +
> > > + stats->tx_packets++;
> > > +
> > > + kfree_skb(skb);
> >
> > What prevents the skb data to be freed/reused before the device has
> > accessed it?
I'm sorry, I hadn't realized that all of the data (all 8 bytes of it!)
is written directly to the device. I was thinking about ethernet devices
that dma packet data.
