[NEIGH]: Revert 'Fix race between neigh_parms_release and neightbl_fi…

…ll_parms' Commit 9cd4002 (Fix race between neigh_parms_release and neightbl_fill_parms) introduced device reference counting regressions for several people, see: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9778 for example. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
mrcsosa · Jan 21, 2008 · cecbb63 · cecbb63
1 parent 2dc2f20
commit cecbb63
Showing 1 changed file with 2 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/net/core/neighbour.c b/net/core/neighbour.c
@@ -1316,6 +1316,8 @@ void neigh_parms_release(struct neigh_table *tbl, struct neigh_parms *parms)
 			*p = parms->next;
 			parms->dead = 1;
 			write_unlock_bh(&tbl->lock);
+			if (parms->dev)
+				dev_put(parms->dev);
 			call_rcu(&parms->rcu_head, neigh_rcu_free_parms);
 			return;
 		}
@@ -1326,8 +1328,6 @@ void neigh_parms_release(struct neigh_table *tbl, struct neigh_parms *parms)
 
 void neigh_parms_destroy(struct neigh_parms *parms)
 {
-	if (parms->dev)
-		dev_put(parms->dev);
 	kfree(parms);
 }