Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH maint 2/2] batman-adv: Fix bat_v best gw refcnt after netlink dump

[Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>]

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On Samstag, 2. Juni 2018 17:26:35 CEST Sven Eckelmann wrote:
> A reference to the best gateway is taken when the list of gateways in the
> mesh is sent via netlink. This is necessary to check whether the currently
> dumped entry is the currently selected gateway or not. This information is
> then transferred as flag BATADV_ATTR_FLAG_BEST.
> 
> After the comparison of the current entry is done,
> batadv_v_gw_dump_entry() has to decrease the reference counter again.
> Otherwise the reference will be held and thus prevents a proper shutdown of
> the batman-adv interfaces (and some of the interfaces enslaved in it).
> 
> Fixes: 15315a94ad98 ("batman-adv: add B.A.T.M.A.N. V bat_gw_dump implementations")
> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
> ---
> Cc: Andreas Ziegler <github@andreas-ziegler.de>

Added as 2b422b580818 [1].

Kind regards,
	Sven

[1] https://git.open-mesh.org/batman-adv.git/commit/2b422b5808183d1084b450b89d9a085a13dd6d2c

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