From: Sven Eckelmann <s...@narfation.org>
It is hard to understand why the refcnt is increased when it isn't done
near the actual place the new reference is used. So using kref_get right
before the place which requires the reference and in the same function
helps to avoid accidental problems caused by incorrect reference counting.
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <s...@narfation.org>
Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklind...@neomailbox.ch>
Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <s...@simonwunderlich.de>
---
net/batman-adv/tvlv.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/tvlv.c b/net/batman-adv/tvlv.c
index 3533867..77654f0 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/tvlv.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/tvlv.c
@@ -547,8 +547,12 @@ void batadv_tvlv_handler_register(struct batadv_priv
*bat_priv,
INIT_HLIST_NODE(&tvlv_handler->list);
spin_lock_bh(&bat_priv->tvlv.handler_list_lock);
+ kref_get(&tvlv_handler->refcount);
hlist_add_head_rcu(&tvlv_handler->list, &bat_priv->tvlv.handler_list);
spin_unlock_bh(&bat_priv->tvlv.handler_list_lock);
+
+ /* don't return reference to new tvlv_handler */
+ batadv_tvlv_handler_put(tvlv_handler);
}
/**
--
2.9.3
