This patch adds a WARN_ON if the reference count of the object passed to __rxe_put() is <= 0. This can only happen if there is a bug in the rxe driver but has bad consequences if there is. Signed-off-by: Bob Pearson <rpearsonhpe@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_pool.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_pool.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_pool.c index 3f6bd672cc2d..1b160e36b751 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_pool.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_pool.c @@ -244,6 +244,8 @@ int __rxe_get(struct rxe_pool_elem *elem) int __rxe_put(struct rxe_pool_elem *elem) { + if (WARN_ON(kref_read(&elem->ref_cnt) <= 0)) + return 0; return kref_put(&elem->ref_cnt, rxe_elem_release); } -- 2.37.2