netdev - Re: [PATCH] af_unix: Only allow recv on connected seqpacket sockets.

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Date:	Sun, 01 May 2011 23:16:49 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ebiederm@...ssion.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, xemul@...nvz.org, dan@...ni.org,
	stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] af_unix: Only allow recv on connected seqpacket
 sockets.

From: ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 07:26:27 -0700

> When the other socket in an established connection calls unix_shutdown
> or unix_release_sock.  sk->sk_shutdown is changed, but sk_state is
> left at TCP_ESTABLISHED.  Therefore we do not need a special
> case in unix_seqpacket_recvmsg to handle the RCV_SHUTDOWN case
> because in any case where that applies we will be in TCP_ESTABLISHED
> and we will simply call unix_dgram_recvmsg.

Thanks for explaining Eric, patch applied.
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