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 | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/tvlv.c b/net/batman-adv/tvlv.c
index 3d1cf0f..3533867 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/tvlv.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/tvlv.c
@@ -257,8 +257,13 @@ void batadv_tvlv_container_register(struct batadv_priv
*bat_priv,
spin_lock_bh(&bat_priv->tvlv.container_list_lock);
tvlv_old = batadv_tvlv_container_get(bat_priv, type, version);
batadv_tvlv_container_remove(bat_priv, tvlv_old);
+
+ kref_get(&tvlv_new->refcount);
hlist_add_head(&tvlv_new->list, &bat_priv->tvlv.container_list);
spin_unlock_bh(&bat_priv->tvlv.container_list_lock);
+
+ /* don't return reference to new tvlv_container */
+ batadv_tvlv_container_put(tvlv_new);
}
/**
--
2.9.3
