batman-adv: Convert batadv_tvlv_container to kref

batman-adv uses a self-written reference implementation which is just based on atomic_t. This is less obvious when reading the code than kref and therefore increases the change that the reference counting will be missed. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <[email protected]>
LoveHeat · Feb 10, 2016 · f7157dd · f7157dd
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diff --git a/net/batman-adv/main.c b/net/batman-adv/main.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <linux/ip.h>
 #include <linux/ipv6.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/kref.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/lockdep.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
@@ -669,15 +670,26 @@ static struct batadv_tvlv_handler
 	return tvlv_handler;
 }
 
+/**
+ * batadv_tvlv_container_release - release tvlv from lists and free
+ * @ref: kref pointer of the tvlv
+ */
+static void batadv_tvlv_container_release(struct kref *ref)
+{
+	struct batadv_tvlv_container *tvlv;
+
+	tvlv = container_of(ref, struct batadv_tvlv_container, refcount);
+	kfree(tvlv);
+}
+
 /**
  * batadv_tvlv_container_free_ref - decrement the tvlv container refcounter and
- *  possibly free it
+ *  possibly release it
  * @tvlv: the tvlv container to free
  */
 static void batadv_tvlv_container_free_ref(struct batadv_tvlv_container *tvlv)
 {
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&tvlv->refcount))
-		kfree(tvlv);
+	kref_put(&tvlv->refcount, batadv_tvlv_container_release);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -706,7 +718,7 @@ static struct batadv_tvlv_container
 		if (tvlv_tmp->tvlv_hdr.version != version)
 			continue;
 
-		if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&tvlv_tmp->refcount))
+		if (!kref_get_unless_zero(&tvlv_tmp->refcount))
 			continue;
 
 		tvlv = tvlv_tmp;
@@ -814,7 +826,7 @@ void batadv_tvlv_container_register(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 
 	memcpy(tvlv_new + 1, tvlv_value, ntohs(tvlv_new->tvlv_hdr.len));
 	INIT_HLIST_NODE(&tvlv_new->list);
-	atomic_set(&tvlv_new->refcount, 1);
+	kref_init(&tvlv_new->refcount);
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&bat_priv->tvlv.container_list_lock);
 	tvlv_old = batadv_tvlv_container_get(bat_priv, type, version);

diff --git a/net/batman-adv/types.h b/net/batman-adv/types.h
@@ -1266,7 +1266,7 @@ struct batadv_dat_candidate {
 struct batadv_tvlv_container {
 	struct hlist_node list;
 	struct batadv_tvlv_hdr tvlv_hdr;
-	atomic_t refcount;
+	struct kref refcount;
 };
 
 /**