netdev: Safely increment refcount in netdev_open().

netdev_open() would previously increment a netdev's refcount without
holding a lock for it. This commit shifts the locking to protect it.

Found by inspection.

Signed-off-by: Joe Stringer <joestringer@nicira.com>
Acked-by: YAMAMOTO Takashi <yamamoto@valinux.co.jp>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lib/netdev.c b/lib/netdev.c
index 5ed60624c..f1b7dbe9d 100644
--- a/lib/netdev.c
+++ b/lib/netdev.c
@@ -349,15 +349,15 @@ netdev_open(const char *name, const char *type, struct netdev **netdevp)
         error = 0;
     }
 
-    ovs_mutex_unlock(&netdev_mutex);
-    ovs_rwlock_unlock(&netdev_class_rwlock);
-
     if (!error) {
         netdev->ref_cnt++;
         *netdevp = netdev;
     } else {
         *netdevp = NULL;
     }
+    ovs_mutex_unlock(&netdev_mutex);
+    ovs_rwlock_unlock(&netdev_class_rwlock);
+
     return error;
 }