netdev - [PATCH net 4/9] net/smc: adjust net

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Date:   Thu, 21 Sep 2017 09:16:29 +0200
From:   Ursula Braun <ubraun@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, jwi@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        schwidefsky@...ibm.com, heiko.carstens@...ibm.com,
        raspl@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, ubraun@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: [PATCH net 4/9] net/smc: adjust net_device refcount

smc_pnet_fill_entry() uses dev_get_by_name() adding a refcount to ndev.
The following smc_pnet_enter() has to reduce the refcount if the entry
to be added exists already in the pnet table.

Signed-off-by: Ursula Braun <ubraun@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 net/smc/smc_pnet.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/smc/smc_pnet.c b/net/smc/smc_pnet.c
index 78f7af28ae4f..31f8453c25c5 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_pnet.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_pnet.c
@@ -181,8 +181,10 @@ static int smc_pnet_enter(struct smc_pnetentry *new_pnetelem)
 			     sizeof(new_pnetelem->ndev->name)) ||
 		    smc_pnet_same_ibname(pnetelem,
 					 new_pnetelem->smcibdev->ibdev->name,
-					 new_pnetelem->ib_port))
+					 new_pnetelem->ib_port)) {
+			dev_put(pnetelem->ndev);
 			goto found;
+		}
 	}
 	list_add_tail(&new_pnetelem->list, &smc_pnettable.pnetlist);
 	rc = 0;
-- 
2.13.5