e1000e: stop cleaning when we reach tx_ring->next_to_use
authorTerry Loftin <terry.loftin@hp.com>
Fri, 9 Apr 2010 10:29:49 +0000 (10:29 +0000)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:41:34 +0000 (07:41 -0700)
commit87ef9895abd28755732e599070d1ede1a1f90c27
tree5b0d5c1a8345a7ed5f89232ac533798a2de19636
parentbbcb1d90f0b20e097ff6e2f80b130a92c73dde7d
e1000e: stop cleaning when we reach tx_ring->next_to_use

commit dac876193cd79ced36d0462749ea47c05844fb49 upstream.

Tx ring buffers after tx_ring->next_to_use are volatile and could
change, possibly causing a crash.  Stop cleaning when we hit
tx_ring->next_to_use.

Signed-off-by: Terry Loftin <terry.loftin@hp.com>
Acked-by: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Matthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c