netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/2] Clean up owner field in sock_lock

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Date:	Wed, 12 Sep 2007 01:45:46 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jheffner@....edu
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Clean up owner field in sock_lock_t

From: John Heffner <jheffner@....edu>
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:01:31 -0400

> I don't know why the owner field is a (struct sock_iocb *).  I'm assuming
> it's historical.  Can someone check this out?  Did I miss some alternate
> usage?

AIO used it somehow in net/socket.c and I believe there was some
intention to access this sock_iocb deeper in the call chain.

None of that materialized of course :)

> These patches are against net-2.6.24.

Thanks a lot, I'll add these patches.
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