netdev: Safely increment refcount in netdev_open().

[cascardo/ovs.git] / lib / netdev.c

diff --git a/lib/netdev.c b/lib/netdev.c
index 5ed6062..f1b7dbe 100644 (file)
--- 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;
 }