@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ static int chnl_net_open(struct net_device *dev)
goto error;
}
- lldev = dev_get_by_index(dev_net(dev), llifindex);
+ lldev = __dev_get_by_index(dev_net(dev), llifindex);
if (lldev == NULL) {
pr_debug("no interface?\n");
@@ -307,7 +307,6 @@ static int chnl_net_open(struct net_device *dev)
mtu = min_t(int, dev->mtu, lldev->mtu - (headroom + tailroom));
mtu = min_t(int, GPRS_PDP_MTU, mtu);
dev_set_mtu(dev, mtu);
- dev_put(lldev);
if (mtu < 100) {
pr_warn("CAIF Interface MTU too small (%d)\n", mtu);
The following call chains indicate that chnl_net_open() is under rtnl_lock protection as __dev_open() is protected by rtnl_lock. So if __dev_get_by_index() instead of dev_get_by_index() is used to find interface handler in it, this would help us avoid to change interface reference counter. __dev_open() chnl_net_open() Cc: Dmitry Tarnyagin <dmitry.tarnyagin@lockless.no> Signed-off-by: Ying Xue <ying.xue@windriver.com> --- net/caif/chnl_net.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)