linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] pvcalls-front: introduce a per sock

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Date:   Thu, 15 Feb 2018 10:49:26 +0100
From:   Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
To:     Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>,
        boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com
Cc:     xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Stefano Stabellini <stefano@...reto.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] pvcalls-front: introduce a per sock_mapping
 refcount

On 14/02/18 19:28, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> Introduce a per sock_mapping refcount, in addition to the existing
> global refcount. Thanks to the sock_mapping refcount, we can safely wait
> for it to be 1 in pvcalls_front_release before freeing an active socket,
> instead of waiting for the global refcount to be 1.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano@...reto.com>

Acked-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>


Juergen