linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net] net: lapb: Decrease the refcount of "struct lapb_cb" in lapb_device

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Date:   Wed, 06 Jan 2021 08:35:32 +0100
From:   Martin Schiller <ms@....tdt.de>
To:     Xie He <xie.he.0141@...il.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, linux-x25@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: lapb: Decrease the refcount of "struct lapb_cb"
 in lapb_device_event

On 2020-12-31 18:43, Xie He wrote:
> In lapb_device_event, lapb_devtostruct is called to get a reference to
> an object of "struct lapb_cb". lapb_devtostruct increases the refcount
> of the object and returns a pointer to it. However, we didn't decrease
> the refcount after we finished using the pointer. This patch fixes this
> problem.
> 
> Fixes: a4989fa91110 ("net/lapb: support netdev events")
> Cc: Martin Schiller <ms@....tdt.de>
> Signed-off-by: Xie He <xie.he.0141@...il.com>
> ---
>  net/lapb/lapb_iface.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/net/lapb/lapb_iface.c b/net/lapb/lapb_iface.c
> index 213ea7abc9ab..40961889e9c0 100644
> --- a/net/lapb/lapb_iface.c
> +++ b/net/lapb/lapb_iface.c
> @@ -489,6 +489,7 @@ static int lapb_device_event(struct notifier_block
> *this, unsigned long event,
>  		break;
>  	}
> 
> +	lapb_put(lapb);
>  	return NOTIFY_DONE;
>  }

Well, I guess I missed that one. Thank you!

Acked-by: Martin Schiller <ms@....tdt.de>