netdev - Re: [PATCH] UNIX: Do not loop forever at unix

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Date:	Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:55:29 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] UNIX: Do not loop forever at unix_autobind().

Le samedi 04 septembre 2010 à 18:31 +0900, Tetsuo Handa a écrit :
> +		cond_resched();
> +		/* Give up if all names seems to be in use. */
> +		if (retries++ == 0xFFFFF) {
> +			err = -ENOMEM;
> +			kfree(addr);
> +			goto out;
> +		}
>  		goto retry;
>  	}
>  	addr->hash ^= sk->sk_type;

Yes, but please use a different error code, its not ENOMEM...
maybe EBUSY or ENOSPC ...

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