smc_pnet_fill_entry() uses dev_get_by_name() adding a refcount to ndev. The following smc_pnet_enter() has to reduce the refcount if the entry to be added exists already in the pnet table. Signed-off-by: Ursula Braun <ubraun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/smc/smc_pnet.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/smc/smc_pnet.c b/net/smc/smc_pnet.c index 78f7af28ae4f..31f8453c25c5 100644 --- a/net/smc/smc_pnet.c +++ b/net/smc/smc_pnet.c @@ -181,8 +181,10 @@ static int smc_pnet_enter(struct smc_pnetentry *new_pnetelem) sizeof(new_pnetelem->ndev->name)) || smc_pnet_same_ibname(pnetelem, new_pnetelem->smcibdev->ibdev->name, - new_pnetelem->ib_port)) + new_pnetelem->ib_port)) { + dev_put(pnetelem->ndev); goto found; + } } list_add_tail(&new_pnetelem->list, &smc_pnettable.pnetlist); rc = 0; -- 2.13.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-s390" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html