The cpu_rmap_put() will call kfree() when the last reference is dropped. Fortunately, this is not the the last reference so it won't free it here. Unfortunately, static checkers are not clever enough and they still warn that this could lead to a use after free on the next line. Flip these two statements around to silence the static checker false positve. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- net/core/dev.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index 9189c4a048d7..c102349e04ee 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -7072,8 +7072,8 @@ void netif_napi_set_irq_locked(struct napi_struct *napi, int irq) put_rmap: #ifdef CONFIG_RFS_ACCEL if (napi->dev->rx_cpu_rmap_auto) { - cpu_rmap_put(napi->dev->rx_cpu_rmap); napi->dev->rx_cpu_rmap->obj[napi->napi_rmap_idx] = NULL; + cpu_rmap_put(napi->dev->rx_cpu_rmap); napi->napi_rmap_idx = -1; } #endif -- 2.47.2