netdev - Re: [PATCH] tcp: tcp_release_cb() should release socket ownership

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Date:	Wed, 05 Mar 2014 21:15:30 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	lars.persson@...s.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tcp: tcp_release_cb() should release socket ownership

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 18:06:41 -0800

> On Wed, 2014-03-05 at 20:59 -0500, David Miller wrote:
> 
>> It really means that sk_lock.owned cannot ever be accessed without the
>> sk_lock spinlock held.
>> 
>> Most of this is easy to hand audit, except sock_owned_by_user() which
>> has call sites everywhere.
>> 
>> Consider adding a locking assertion to it.
> 
> We can do that, but would it be a stable candidate ?
> 
> What about I send a followup for net-next ?

Targetting net-next for the assertion is fine.

Did you get test results back yet?

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