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-rw-r--r--net/core/link_watch.c20
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/link_watch.c b/net/core/link_watch.c
index 212cde35affa..25c455c10a01 100644
--- a/net/core/link_watch.c
+++ b/net/core/link_watch.c
@@ -185,10 +185,6 @@ static void linkwatch_do_dev(struct net_device *dev)
netif_state_change(dev);
}
- /* Note: our callers are responsible for calling netdev_tracker_free().
- * This is the reason we use __dev_put() instead of dev_put().
- */
- __dev_put(dev);
}
static void __linkwatch_run_queue(int urgent_only)
@@ -243,6 +239,11 @@ static void __linkwatch_run_queue(int urgent_only)
netdev_lock_ops(dev);
linkwatch_do_dev(dev);
netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
+ /* Use __dev_put() because netdev_tracker_free() was already
+ * called above. Must be after netdev_unlock_ops() to prevent
+ * netdev_run_todo() from freeing the device while still in use.
+ */
+ __dev_put(dev);
do_dev--;
spin_lock_irq(&lweventlist_lock);
}
@@ -278,8 +279,13 @@ void __linkwatch_sync_dev(struct net_device *dev)
{
netdev_ops_assert_locked(dev);
- if (linkwatch_clean_dev(dev))
+ if (linkwatch_clean_dev(dev)) {
linkwatch_do_dev(dev);
+ /* Use __dev_put() because netdev_tracker_free() was already
+ * called inside linkwatch_clean_dev().
+ */
+ __dev_put(dev);
+ }
}
void linkwatch_sync_dev(struct net_device *dev)
@@ -288,6 +294,10 @@ void linkwatch_sync_dev(struct net_device *dev)
netdev_lock_ops(dev);
linkwatch_do_dev(dev);
netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
+ /* Use __dev_put() because netdev_tracker_free() was already
+ * called inside linkwatch_clean_dev().
+ */
+ __dev_put(dev);
}
}