linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: fix race in the receive/select

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Message-ID: <4A452300.5080507@gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:35:28 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	jolsa@...hat.com
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, davidel@...ilserver.org,
	oleg@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, fbl@...hat.com, nhorman@...hat.com,
	htejun@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: fix race in the receive/select

David Miller a écrit :
> From: Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org>
> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:12:15 -0700 (PDT)
> 
>> On Fri, 26 Jun 2009, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>>
>>> Perhaps we can add
>>>
>>> 	void sock_poll_wait(struct file *file, struct sock *sk, poll_table *pt)
>>> 	{
>>> 		if (pt) {
>>> 			poll_wait(file, sk->sk_sleep, pt);
>>> 			/*
>>> 			 * fat comment
>>> 			 */
>>> 			smp_mb(); // or smp_mb__after_unlock();
>>> 		}
>>> 	}
>> That'd be fine IMHO. Are DaveM and Eric OK?
> 
> No objections from me.

Very good :)

Jiri, please respin a patch with this idea from Oleg

(We'll have to check all calls to poll_wait() in net tree)

Thanks everybody

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