netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2 0/2] RDS: TCP: sychronization during connection startup

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Date:	Tue, 03 May 2016 16:05:04 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, rds-devel@....oracle.com,
	santosh.shilimkar@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2 0/2] RDS: TCP: sychronization during connection
 startup

From: Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>
Date: Mon,  2 May 2016 11:24:50 -0700

> This patch series ensures that the passive (accept) side of the
> TCP connection used for RDS-TCP is correctly synchronized with
> any concurrent active (connect) attempts for a given pair of peers.
> 
> Patch 1 in the series makes sure that the t_sock in struct 
> rds_tcp_connection is only reset after any threads in rds_tcp_xmit
> have completed (otherwise a null-ptr deref may be encountered). 
> Patch 2 synchronizes rds_tcp_accept_one() with the rds_tcp*connect()
> path.
> 
> v2: review comments from Santosh Shilimkar, other spelling corrections

Series applied, thanks.