Since
commit 
a120e912eb51e347f36c71b60a1d13af74d30e83
Author: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>
Date:   Fri Feb 19 15:47:33 2010 -0800
    iwlwifi: sanity check before counting number of tfds can be free
we use skb->data after calling ieee80211_tx_status_irqsafe(), which
could free skb instantly.
On current kernels I do not observe practical problems related with
bug, but on 2.6.35.y it cause random system hangs when stressing
wireless link, making bisection of other problems impossible.
Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
             q->read_ptr = iwl_legacy_queue_inc_wrap(q->read_ptr, q->n_bd)) {
 
                tx_info = &txq->txb[txq->q.read_ptr];
-               iwl4965_tx_status(priv, tx_info,
-                                txq_id >= IWL4965_FIRST_AMPDU_QUEUE);
+
+               if (WARN_ON_ONCE(tx_info->skb == NULL))
+                       continue;
 
                hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)tx_info->skb->data;
-               if (hdr && ieee80211_is_data_qos(hdr->frame_control))
+               if (ieee80211_is_data_qos(hdr->frame_control))
                        nfreed++;
+
+               iwl4965_tx_status(priv, tx_info,
+                                txq_id >= IWL4965_FIRST_AMPDU_QUEUE);
                tx_info->skb = NULL;
 
                priv->cfg->ops->lib->txq_free_tfd(priv, txq);