netdev - Re: [PATCH] netlink: don't send NETLINK

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Date:	Sat, 16 Apr 2016 14:30:41 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, dmitrijs.ivanovs@...t.com,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netlink: don't send NETLINK_URELEASE for unbound sockets

Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net> wrote:
>
> diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
> index 215fc08c02ab..330ebd600f25 100644
> --- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
> +++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
> @@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ static int netlink_release(struct socket *sock)
> 
>        skb_queue_purge(&sk->sk_write_queue);
> 
> -       if (nlk->portid) {
> +       if (nlk->portid && nlk->bound) {

Any reason why we're still testing portid at all? Isn't testing
bound enough?

Thanks,
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