netdev - [PATCH 08/20] batman-adv: Place kref_get for tt

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Date:   Mon, 22 Aug 2016 15:56:08 +0200
From:   Simon Wunderlich <sw@...onwunderlich.de>
To:     davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, b.a.t.m.a.n@...ts.open-mesh.org,
        Sven Eckelmann <sven@...fation.org>,
        Marek Lindner <mareklindner@...mailbox.ch>,
        Simon Wunderlich <sw@...onwunderlich.de>
Subject: [PATCH 08/20] batman-adv: Place kref_get for tt_common near use

From: Sven Eckelmann <sven@...fation.org>

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 <sven@...fation.org>
Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@...mailbox.ch>
Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@...onwunderlich.de>
---
 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 094da1a..d94e298 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c
@@ -1645,13 +1645,13 @@ static bool batadv_tt_global_add(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 		if (flags & BATADV_TT_CLIENT_ROAM)
 			tt_global_entry->roam_at = jiffies;
 		kref_init(&common->refcount);
-		kref_get(&common->refcount);
 		common->added_at = jiffies;
 
 		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&tt_global_entry->orig_list);
 		atomic_set(&tt_global_entry->orig_list_count, 0);
 		spin_lock_init(&tt_global_entry->list_lock);
 
+		kref_get(&common->refcount);
 		hash_added = batadv_hash_add(bat_priv->tt.global_hash,
 					     batadv_compare_tt,
 					     batadv_choose_tt, common,
-- 
2.9.3