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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>
Salam Noureddine 11 years ago
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1 changed files with 2 additions and 2 deletions
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      net/ipv4/igmp.c

+ 2 - 2
net/ipv4/igmp.c

@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ static void igmp_gq_timer_expire(unsigned long data)
 
 	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 @@ static void igmp_ifc_timer_expire(unsigned long data)
 		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)