Re: [PATCH] atm: Fix atm_dev reference count leaks in atmtcp_remove_persistent()

[Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@xxxxxx>]

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> The refcount leaks issues occur in two error handling paths.

Can it be nicer to use the term “reference count” for the commit message?


> Fix the issue by …

I suggest to replace this wording by the tag “Fixes”.


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> +++ b/drivers/atm/atmtcp.c
> @@ -433,9 +433,15 @@  static int atmtcp_remove_persistent(int itf)
>  		return -EMEDIUMTYPE;
>  	}
>  	dev_data = PRIV(dev);
> -	if (!dev_data->persist) return 0;
> +	if (!dev_data->persist) {
> +		atm_dev_put(dev);
> +		return 0;
> +	}
…

I propose to add a jump target for the desired exception handling
in this function implementation.

+	if (!dev_data->persist)
+		goto put_device;


Regards,
Markus