netdev - [PATCH 2/4] xfrm: fix error flow in case of add state fails

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Date:   Wed, 24 Jan 2018 10:47:11 +0100
From:   Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>,
        <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] xfrm: fix error flow in case of add state fails

From: Aviad Yehezkel <aviadye@...lanox.com>

If add state fails in case of device offload, netdev refcount
will be negative since gc task is attempting to dev_free this state.
This is fixed by putting NULL in state dev field.

Signed-off-by: Aviad Yehezkel <aviadye@...lanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Boris Pismeny <borisp@...lanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
---
 net/xfrm/xfrm_device.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_device.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_device.c
index 30e5746085b8..ac9477189d1c 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_device.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_device.c
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ int xfrm_dev_state_add(struct net *net, struct xfrm_state *x,
 
 	err = dev->xfrmdev_ops->xdo_dev_state_add(x);
 	if (err) {
+		xso->dev = NULL;
 		dev_put(dev);
 		return err;
 	}
-- 
2.14.1