ipv6: Don't dev_hold(dev) in ip6_mc_find_dev_rcu.

ip6_mc_find_dev_rcu() is called with rcu_read_lock(), so don't need to dev_hold(). With dev_hold(), not corresponding dev_put(), will lead to leak. [ bug introduced in 96b52e6 (ipv6: mcast: RCU conversions) ] Signed-off-by: RongQing.Li <[email protected]> Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
chewitt · Mar 17, 2012 · c577923 · c577923
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diff --git a/net/ipv6/mcast.c b/net/ipv6/mcast.c
@@ -257,7 +257,6 @@ static struct inet6_dev *ip6_mc_find_dev_rcu(struct net *net,
 
 		if (rt) {
 			dev = rt->dst.dev;
-			dev_hold(dev);
 			dst_release(&rt->dst);
 		}
 	} else