macsec: fix negative refcnt on parent link

When creation of a macsec device fails because an identical device
already exists on this link, the current code decrements the refcnt on
the parent link (in ->destructor for the macsec device), but it had not
been incremented yet.

Move the dev_hold(parent_link) call earlier during macsec device
creation.

Fixes: c09440f7dcb3 ("macsec: introduce IEEE 802.1AE driver")
Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@queasysnail.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/macsec.c b/drivers/net/macsec.c
index 7f5c5e0f9cf9..d13e6e15d7b5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macsec.c
@@ -3179,6 +3179,8 @@ static int macsec_newlink(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
         if (err < 0)
                 return err;
 
+        dev_hold(real_dev);
+
         /* need to be already registered so that ->init has run and
          * the MAC addr is set
          */
@@ -3207,8 +3209,6 @@ static int macsec_newlink(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
 
         macsec_generation++;
 
-        dev_hold(real_dev);
-
         return 0;
 
 del_dev: