On 24-4-2017 20:09, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On Mon, 2017-04-24 at 14:03 +0100, James Hughes wrote:
>> The driver was making changes to the skb_header without
>> ensuring it was writable (i.e. uncloned).
>> This patch also removes some boiler plate header size
>> checking/adjustment code as that is also handled by the
>> skb_cow_header function used to make header writable.
>>
>> This patch depends on
>> brcmfmac: Ensure pointer correctly set if skb data location changes
>>
>> Signed-off-by: James Hughes <james.hug...@raspberrypi.org>
>> ---
>> Changes in v2
>>   Makes the _cow_ call at the entry point of the skb in to the
>>   stack, means only needs to be done once, and error handling
>>   is easier.
>>   Split a separate minor bug fix off to a separate patch (which
>>   this patch depends on)
> 
> Best way to handle dependencies is to send a patch series.
> 
> 1/2 brcmfmac: Ensure pointer correctly set if skb data location changes
> 2/2 brcmfmac: Make skb header writable before use

There is actually no real dependency. Both are valid fixes of course but
either one applies to wireless-drivers-next/master on its own.

Regards,
Arend

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