Simplify refcount handling

diff --git a/net/can/canethgw.c b/net/can/canethgw.c
index 17753640814d0277c8baf4fd45eff675aed38270..62b711f999bc0161accf0b59b45c64f4b3d09847 100644 (file)
--- a/net/can/canethgw.c
+++ b/net/can/canethgw.c
@@ -177,14 +177,14 @@ static int cegw_thread_start(void *data)
        struct cegw_job *job = (struct cegw_job *)data;
 
        kref_init(&job->refcount);
-       kref_get(&job->refcount);
 
        task = kthread_run(cegw_udp2can, data, "canethgw_udp2can");
        if (IS_ERR(task)) {
-               kref_sub(&job->refcount, 2, cegw_job_release);
+               kref_put(&job->refcount, cegw_job_release);
                return -ENOMEM;
        }
 
+       kref_get(&job->refcount);
        task = kthread_run(cegw_can2udp, data, "canethgw_can2udp");
        if (IS_ERR(task)) {
                cegw_thread_stop(job);