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authorSabrina Dubroca <sd@queasysnail.net>2016-07-29 15:37:55 +0200
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2016-07-30 21:11:08 -0700
commit0759e552bce7257db542e203a01a9ef8843c751e (patch)
tree93c36c2d45305788c3c869bd9d636dbaaa3a70f7 /drivers/net/macsec.c
parent36b232c880c99fc03e135198c7c08d3d4b4f83ab (diff)
macsec: fix negative refcnt on parent link
When creation of a macsec device fails because an identical device already exists on this link, the current code decrements the refcnt on the parent link (in ->destructor for the macsec device), but it had not been incremented yet. Move the dev_hold(parent_link) call earlier during macsec device creation. Fixes: c09440f7dcb3 ("macsec: introduce IEEE 802.1AE driver") Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@queasysnail.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/macsec.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/macsec.c4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/macsec.c b/drivers/net/macsec.c
index 7f5c5e0f9cf9..d13e6e15d7b5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macsec.c
@@ -3179,6 +3179,8 @@ static int macsec_newlink(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
if (err < 0)
return err;
+ dev_hold(real_dev);
+
/* need to be already registered so that ->init has run and
* the MAC addr is set
*/
@@ -3207,8 +3209,6 @@ static int macsec_newlink(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
macsec_generation++;
- dev_hold(real_dev);
-
return 0;
del_dev: