batman-adv: Convert batadv_tvlv_container to kref
authorSven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
Sat, 16 Jan 2016 09:29:48 +0000 (10:29 +0100)
committerAntonio Quartulli <a@unstable.cc>
Wed, 10 Feb 2016 15:24:02 +0000 (23:24 +0800)
batman-adv uses a self-written reference implementation which is just based
on atomic_t. This is less obvious when reading the code than kref and
therefore increases the change that the reference counting will be missed.

Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch>
Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <a@unstable.cc>
net/batman-adv/main.c
net/batman-adv/types.h

index a9b4f75..4b6c258 100644 (file)
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <linux/ip.h>
 #include <linux/ipv6.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/kref.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/lockdep.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
@@ -670,14 +671,25 @@ static struct batadv_tvlv_handler
 }
 
 /**
+ * batadv_tvlv_container_release - release tvlv from lists and free
+ * @ref: kref pointer of the tvlv
+ */
+static void batadv_tvlv_container_release(struct kref *ref)
+{
+       struct batadv_tvlv_container *tvlv;
+
+       tvlv = container_of(ref, struct batadv_tvlv_container, refcount);
+       kfree(tvlv);
+}
+
+/**
  * batadv_tvlv_container_free_ref - decrement the tvlv container refcounter and
- *  possibly free it
+ *  possibly release it
  * @tvlv: the tvlv container to free
  */
 static void batadv_tvlv_container_free_ref(struct batadv_tvlv_container *tvlv)
 {
-       if (atomic_dec_and_test(&tvlv->refcount))
-               kfree(tvlv);
+       kref_put(&tvlv->refcount, batadv_tvlv_container_release);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -706,7 +718,7 @@ static struct batadv_tvlv_container
                if (tvlv_tmp->tvlv_hdr.version != version)
                        continue;
 
-               if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&tvlv_tmp->refcount))
+               if (!kref_get_unless_zero(&tvlv_tmp->refcount))
                        continue;
 
                tvlv = tvlv_tmp;
@@ -814,7 +826,7 @@ void batadv_tvlv_container_register(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 
        memcpy(tvlv_new + 1, tvlv_value, ntohs(tvlv_new->tvlv_hdr.len));
        INIT_HLIST_NODE(&tvlv_new->list);
-       atomic_set(&tvlv_new->refcount, 1);
+       kref_init(&tvlv_new->refcount);
 
        spin_lock_bh(&bat_priv->tvlv.container_list_lock);
        tvlv_old = batadv_tvlv_container_get(bat_priv, type, version);
index 9df8f39..c55925b 100644 (file)
@@ -1266,7 +1266,7 @@ struct batadv_dat_candidate {
 struct batadv_tvlv_container {
        struct hlist_node list;
        struct batadv_tvlv_hdr tvlv_hdr;
-       atomic_t refcount;
+       struct kref refcount;
 };
 
 /**