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mlxsw: spectrum_router: Hold a reference on RIF's netdev
authorIdo Schimmel <idosch@mellanox.com>
Wed, 19 Dec 2018 06:08:50 +0000 (06:08 +0000)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Wed, 19 Dec 2018 20:28:07 +0000 (12:28 -0800)
commitb61cd7c6f992cca57166d0cabe242c49b93609eb
treea1232a8689b45d3c26319b3f10efd63a21150d9atree | snapshot
parent965fa8e600d28d98e7e0c7340517a9c139843ee3commit | diff
mlxsw: spectrum_router: Hold a reference on RIF's netdev

Previous patches tried to make RIF deletion more robust and avoid
use-after-free situations.

As another precaution, hold a reference on a RIF's netdev and release it
when the RIF is deleted.

Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@mellanox.com>
Reviewed-by: Petr Machata <petrm@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c diff | blob | history
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