netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] Address reference counting issues with sock_queue_err

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Date:	Fri, 12 Sep 2014 17:51:52 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	alexander.h.duyck@...el.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	johannes@...solutions.net, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
	linville@...driver.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] Address reference counting issues with
 sock_queue_err_skb

From: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 18:04:42 -0400

> After looking over the code for skb_clone_sk after some comments made by
> Eric Dumazet I have come to the conclusion that skb_clone_sk is taking the
> correct approach in how to handle the sk_refcnt when creating a buffer that
> is eventually meant to be returned to the socket via the sock_queue_err_skb
> function.
> 
> However upon review of other callers I found what I believe to be a
> possible reference count issue in the path for handling "wifi ack" packets.
> To address this I have applied the same logic that is currently in place so
> that the sk_refcnt will be forced to stay at least 1, or we will not
> provide an skb to return in the sk_error_queue.

Series applied, thanks Alex.
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