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/hard-interface.c | 6 ++----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c b/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c
index 43c9a3e..9284c73 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c
@@ -694,6 +694,7 @@ batadv_hardif_add_interface(struct net_device *net_dev)
INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&hard_iface->neigh_list);
spin_lock_init(&hard_iface->neigh_list_lock);
+ kref_init(&hard_iface->refcount);
hard_iface->num_bcasts = BATADV_NUM_BCASTS_DEFAULT;
if (batadv_is_wifi_netdev(net_dev))
@@ -701,11 +702,8 @@ batadv_hardif_add_interface(struct net_device *net_dev)
batadv_v_hardif_init(hard_iface);
- /* extra reference for return */
- kref_init(&hard_iface->refcount);
- kref_get(&hard_iface->refcount);
-
batadv_check_known_mac_addr(hard_iface->net_dev);
+ kref_get(&hard_iface->refcount);
list_add_tail_rcu(&hard_iface->list, &batadv_hardif_list);
return hard_iface;
--
2.9.3
