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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/xen-netfront.c7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
index 489f69c5d6ca..4445810335a8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
@@ -566,6 +566,10 @@ static int xennet_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
if (notify)
notify_remote_via_irq(np->netdev->irq);
+ np->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
+ np->stats.tx_packets++;
+
+ /* Note: It is not safe to access skb after xennet_tx_buf_gc()! */
xennet_tx_buf_gc(dev);
if (!netfront_tx_slot_available(np))
@@ -573,9 +577,6 @@ static int xennet_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
spin_unlock_irq(&np->tx_lock);
- np->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
- np->stats.tx_packets++;
-
return 0;
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