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/translation-table.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c b/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c index 89d7b1d..d21b65c 100644 --- a/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c +++ b/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c @@ -727,7 +727,6 @@ bool batadv_tt_local_add(struct net_device *soft_iface, const u8 *addr, if (batadv_is_wifi_netdev(in_dev)) tt_local->common.flags |= BATADV_TT_CLIENT_WIFI; kref_init(&tt_local->common.refcount); - kref_get(&tt_local->common.refcount); tt_local->last_seen = jiffies; tt_local->common.added_at = tt_local->last_seen; tt_local->vlan = vlan; @@ -739,6 +738,7 @@ bool batadv_tt_local_add(struct net_device *soft_iface, const u8 *addr, is_multicast_ether_addr(addr)) tt_local->common.flags |= BATADV_TT_CLIENT_NOPURGE;
+ kref_get(&tt_local->common.refcount); hash_added = batadv_hash_add(bat_priv->tt.local_hash, batadv_compare_tt, batadv_choose_tt, &tt_local->common, &tt_local->common.hash_entry);