netdev - [PATCH 04/20] batman-adv: Place kref_get for neigh

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Message-Id: <20160822135620.15337-5-sw@simonwunderlich.de>
Date:   Mon, 22 Aug 2016 15:56:04 +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 04/20] batman-adv: Place kref_get for neigh_ifinfo 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/originator.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/batman-adv/originator.c b/net/batman-adv/originator.c
index 8828964..5e99a6e 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/originator.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/originator.c
@@ -460,9 +460,9 @@ batadv_neigh_ifinfo_new(struct batadv_neigh_node *neigh,
 
 	INIT_HLIST_NODE(&neigh_ifinfo->list);
 	kref_init(&neigh_ifinfo->refcount);
-	kref_get(&neigh_ifinfo->refcount);
 	neigh_ifinfo->if_outgoing = if_outgoing;
 
+	kref_get(&neigh_ifinfo->refcount);
 	hlist_add_head_rcu(&neigh_ifinfo->list, &neigh->ifinfo_list);
 
 out:
-- 
2.9.3