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/network-coding.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/network-coding.c b/net/batman-adv/network-coding.c index 4f4cfe5..165cd27 100644 --- a/net/batman-adv/network-coding.c +++ b/net/batman-adv/network-coding.c @@ -978,7 +978,6 @@ static struct batadv_nc_path *batadv_nc_get_path(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, INIT_LIST_HEAD(&nc_path->packet_list); spin_lock_init(&nc_path->packet_list_lock); kref_init(&nc_path->refcount); - kref_get(&nc_path->refcount); nc_path->last_valid = jiffies; ether_addr_copy(nc_path->next_hop, dst); ether_addr_copy(nc_path->prev_hop, src); @@ -988,6 +987,7 @@ static struct batadv_nc_path *batadv_nc_get_path(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, nc_path->next_hop);
/* Add nc_path to hash table */ + kref_get(&nc_path->refcount); hash_added = batadv_hash_add(hash, batadv_nc_hash_compare, batadv_nc_hash_choose, &nc_path_key, &nc_path->hash_entry);