]> git.ipfire.org Git - thirdparty/kernel/stable.git/commit
net-sysfs: call dev_hold if kobject_init_and_add success
authorYueHaibing <yuehaibing@huawei.com>
Tue, 19 Mar 2019 02:16:53 +0000 (10:16 +0800)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Wed, 3 Apr 2019 04:25:09 +0000 (06:25 +0200)
commite331c9066901dfe40bea4647521b86e9fb9901bb
treed102979909c10b448e7e9de90b79f139a18bf282
parenta12d2154828c8453e0c16a268815c985846ef157
net-sysfs: call dev_hold if kobject_init_and_add success

[ Upstream commit a3e23f719f5c4a38ffb3d30c8d7632a4ed8ccd9e ]

In netdev_queue_add_kobject and rx_queue_add_kobject,
if sysfs_create_group failed, kobject_put will call
netdev_queue_release to decrease dev refcont, however
dev_hold has not be called. So we will see this while
unregistering dev:

unregister_netdevice: waiting for bcsh0 to become free. Usage count = -1

Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@huawei.com>
Fixes: d0d668371679 ("net: don't decrement kobj reference count on init failure")
Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
net/core/net-sysfs.c