netdev - Re: Linux 3.1-rc9

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Date:	Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:05:41 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Simon Kirby <sim@...tway.ca>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 3.1-rc9

Le mercredi 02 novembre 2011 à 11:00 -0700, Linus Torvalds a écrit :
> On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 10:53 AM, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:
> >
> > tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock()
> > {
> >        newsk = tcp_create_openreq_child(sk, req, skb);
> >
> > newsk is locked at this point.
> 
> Umm, if that is the case, then the bug predates the commit you point
> to. There were exit paths before that too.
> 

Yes, but only when tproxy is used, and in some obscure error
conditions... Probably nobody ever hit them or complained.



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