@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ axienet_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev)
num_frag = skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags;
cur_p = &lp->tx_bd_v[lp->tx_bd_tail];
- if (axienet_check_tx_bd_space(lp, num_frag)) {
+ if (axienet_check_tx_bd_space(lp, num_frag + 1)) {
if (netif_queue_stopped(ndev))
return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ axienet_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev)
smp_mb();
/* Space might have just been freed - check again */
- if (axienet_check_tx_bd_space(lp, num_frag))
+ if (axienet_check_tx_bd_space(lp, num_frag + 1))
return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
netif_wake_queue(ndev);
The check for the number of available TX ring slots was off by 1 since a slot is required for the skb header as well as each fragment. This could result in overwriting a TX ring slot that was still in use. Fixes: 8a3b7a252dca9 ("drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx: added Xilinx AXI Ethernet driver") Signed-off-by: Robert Hancock <robert.hancock@calian.com> --- drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)