Terry Loftin 87ef9895ab e1000e: stop cleaning when we reach tx_ring->next_to_use ...

commit dac876193c 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>

2010-04-26 07:41:34 -07:00

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