netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/7 net-next-2.6] tipc: Fix race condition that could cause accept() to fail

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Date:	Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:43:39 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	allan.stephens@...driver.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/7 net-next-2.6] tipc: Fix race condition that could
 cause accept() to fail

From: Allan Stephens <allan.stephens@...driver.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:26:07 -0400

> This patch ensurs that accept() returns successfully even when
> the newly created socket is immediately disconnected by its peer.
> Previously, accept() would fail if it was unable to pass back
> the optional address info for the socket's peer before the
> socket became disconnected; TIPC now allows accept() to gather
> peer address information after disconnection.  As a bonus, the
> revised code accesses the socket's port more efficiently, without
> the overhead incurred by a reference table lookup.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Allan Stephens <allan.stephens@...driver.com>

Applied.
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