Merge tag 'firewire-fixes-6.4-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ieee1394/linux1394
Pull firewire fix from Takashi Sakamoto:
- fix early release of request packet
* tag 'firewire-fixes-6.4-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ieee1394/linux1394:
firewire: net: fix unexpected release of object for asynchronous request packet
diff --git a/drivers/firewire/net.c b/drivers/firewire/net.c
index af22be8..538bd67 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/net.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/net.c
@@ -706,21 +706,22 @@ static void fwnet_receive_packet(struct fw_card *card, struct fw_request *r,
int rcode;
if (destination == IEEE1394_ALL_NODES) {
- kfree(r);
-
- return;
- }
-
- if (offset != dev->handler.offset)
+ // Although the response to the broadcast packet is not necessarily required, the
+ // fw_send_response() function should still be called to maintain the reference
+ // counting of the object. In the case, the call of function just releases the
+ // object as a result to decrease the reference counting.
+ rcode = RCODE_COMPLETE;
+ } else if (offset != dev->handler.offset) {
rcode = RCODE_ADDRESS_ERROR;
- else if (tcode != TCODE_WRITE_BLOCK_REQUEST)
+ } else if (tcode != TCODE_WRITE_BLOCK_REQUEST) {
rcode = RCODE_TYPE_ERROR;
- else if (fwnet_incoming_packet(dev, payload, length,
- source, generation, false) != 0) {
+ } else if (fwnet_incoming_packet(dev, payload, length,
+ source, generation, false) != 0) {
dev_err(&dev->netdev->dev, "incoming packet failure\n");
rcode = RCODE_CONFLICT_ERROR;
- } else
+ } else {
rcode = RCODE_COMPLETE;
+ }
fw_send_response(card, r, rcode);
}
