From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: From: Antonio Quartulli Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 23:01:26 +0800 Message-Id: <1455634888-29400-2-git-send-email-a@unstable.cc> In-Reply-To: <1455634888-29400-1-git-send-email-a@unstable.cc> References: <1455634888-29400-1-git-send-email-a@unstable.cc> Subject: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 1/3] batman-adv: Only put gw_node list reference when removed List-Id: The list for a Better Approach To Mobile Ad-hoc Networking List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: davem@davemloft.net Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org, Antonio Quartulli , Marek Lindner From: Sven Eckelmann The batadv_gw_node reference counter in batadv_gw_node_update can only be reduced when the list entry was actually removed. Otherwise the reference counter may reach zero when batadv_gw_node_update is called from two different contexts for the same gw_node but only one context is actually removing the entry from the list. The release function for this gw_node is not called inside the list_lock spinlock protected region because the function batadv_gw_node_update still holds a gw_node reference for the object pointer on the stack. Thus the actual release function (when required) will be called only at the end of the function. Fixes: bd3524c14bd0 ("batman-adv: remove obsolete deleted attribute for gateway node") Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli --- net/batman-adv/gateway_client.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/batman-adv/gateway_client.c b/net/batman-adv/gateway_client.c index e6c8382c79ba..ccf70bed0d0c 100644 --- a/net/batman-adv/gateway_client.c +++ b/net/batman-adv/gateway_client.c @@ -527,11 +527,12 @@ void batadv_gw_node_update(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, * gets dereferenced. */ spin_lock_bh(&bat_priv->gw.list_lock); - hlist_del_init_rcu(&gw_node->list); + if (!hlist_unhashed(&gw_node->list)) { + hlist_del_init_rcu(&gw_node->list); + batadv_gw_node_free_ref(gw_node); + } spin_unlock_bh(&bat_priv->gw.list_lock); - batadv_gw_node_free_ref(gw_node); - curr_gw = batadv_gw_get_selected_gw_node(bat_priv); if (gw_node == curr_gw) batadv_gw_reselect(bat_priv); -- 2.7.1