Re: [PATCH] libfc: unsafe refcounting in fc_rport_work()

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On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 03:24:21PM +0200, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
> When pushing items on a workqueue we cannot take reference
> when the workqueue item is executed, as the structure might
> already been freed at that time.
> So instead we need to take a reference before adding it
> to the workqueue, thereby ensuring that the workqueue item
> will always be valid.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@xxxxxxx>

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