Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH v2 12/18] batman-adv: Place kref_get for gw_node near use

On Friday, July 15, 2016 17:39:27 Sven Eckelmann wrote:

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 causedy incorrect reference counting.

Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann sven@narfation.org

v2:

• split patch based on type

net/batman-adv/gateway_client.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Applied in revision b7981d4.

Thanks, Marek