package/madwifi/patches/331-memory_alloc.patch

   1 Index: madwifi-trunk-r3314/ath/if_ath.c
   2 ===================================================================
   3 --- madwifi-trunk-r3314.orig/ath/if_ath.c       2008-02-20 18:10:52.499506168 +0100
   4 +++ madwifi-trunk-r3314/ath/if_ath.c    2008-02-20 18:10:52.731519391 +0100
   5 @@ -3315,17 +3315,18 @@
   6          * without affecting any other bridge ports. */
   7         if (skb_cloned(skb)) {
   8                 /* Remember the original SKB so we can free up our references */
   9 -               struct sk_buff *skb_orig = skb;
  10 -               skb = skb_copy(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
  11 -               if (skb == NULL) {
  12 +               struct sk_buff *skb_new;
  13 +               skb_new = skb_copy(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
  14 +               if (skb_new == NULL) {
  15                         DPRINTF(sc, ATH_DEBUG_XMIT,
  16                                 "Dropping; skb_copy failure.\n");
  17                         /* No free RAM, do not requeue! */
  18                         goto hardstart_fail;
  19                 }
  20 -               ieee80211_skb_copy_noderef(skb_orig, skb);
  21 -               ieee80211_dev_kfree_skb(&skb_orig);
  22 -       }
  23 +               ieee80211_skb_copy_noderef(skb, skb_new);
  24 +               ieee80211_dev_kfree_skb(&skb);
  25 +               skb = skb_new;
  26 +       }
  27         eh = (struct ether_header *)skb->data;
  28
  29  #ifdef ATH_SUPERG_FF
  30 @@ -3596,6 +3597,8 @@
  31         sc->sc_stats.ast_tx_mgmt++;
  32         return 0;
  33  bad:
  34 +       if (skb)
  35 +               ieee80211_dev_kfree_skb(&skb);
  36         ath_return_txbuf(sc, &bf);
  37         return error;
  38  }