netdev - [PATCH 03/20] batman-adv: Place kref_get for tt_orig_list

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Message-Id: <20160822135620.15337-4-sw@simonwunderlich.de>
Date:   Mon, 22 Aug 2016 15:56:03 +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 03/20] batman-adv: Place kref_get for tt_orig_list_entry 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 2080407..5cc500f 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c
@@ -1567,9 +1567,9 @@ batadv_tt_global_orig_entry_add(struct batadv_tt_global_entry *tt_global,
 	orig_entry->orig_node = orig_node;
 	orig_entry->ttvn = ttvn;
 	kref_init(&orig_entry->refcount);
-	kref_get(&orig_entry->refcount);
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&tt_global->list_lock);
+	kref_get(&orig_entry->refcount);
 	hlist_add_head_rcu(&orig_entry->list,
 			   &tt_global->orig_list);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&tt_global->list_lock);
-- 
2.9.3