ipv4 igmp: use in_dev_put in timer handlers instead of __in_dev_put
It is possible for the timer handlers to run after the call to
ip_mc_down so use in_dev_put instead of __in_dev_put in the handler
function in order to do proper cleanup when the refcnt reaches 0.
Otherwise, the refcnt can reach zero without the in_device being
destroyed and we end up leaking a reference to the net_device and
see messages like the following,
unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0 to become free. Usage count = 1
Tested on linux-3.4.43.
Signed-off-by: Salam Noureddine <noureddine@aristanetworks.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/ipv4/igmp.c b/net/ipv4/igmp.c
index dace87f..7defdc9 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/igmp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/igmp.c
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@
in_dev->mr_gq_running = 0;
igmpv3_send_report(in_dev, NULL);
- __in_dev_put(in_dev);
+ in_dev_put(in_dev);
}
static void igmp_ifc_timer_expire(unsigned long data)
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@
igmp_ifc_start_timer(in_dev,
unsolicited_report_interval(in_dev));
}
- __in_dev_put(in_dev);
+ in_dev_put(in_dev);
}
static void igmp_ifc_event(struct in_device *in_dev)