From f257b99becf5183c721a3e0e41ad9b9fbbddbd44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sven Eckelmann Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2016 17:39:17 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] batman-adv: Place kref_get for orig_ifinfo near use 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 Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich --- net/batman-adv/originator.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/net/batman-adv/originator.c b/net/batman-adv/originator.c index 5108af11a6e9..88289645f3c9 100644 --- a/net/batman-adv/originator.c +++ b/net/batman-adv/originator.c @@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ batadv_orig_ifinfo_new(struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node, orig_ifinfo->if_outgoing = if_outgoing; INIT_HLIST_NODE(&orig_ifinfo->list); kref_init(&orig_ifinfo->refcount); + kref_get(&orig_ifinfo->refcount); hlist_add_head_rcu(&orig_ifinfo->list, &orig_node->ifinfo_list);