linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 13/18] xen/pvcalls: implement release command

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <e3024291-4ace-15b7-f84f-b13da0552851@suse.com>
Date:   Tue, 4 Jul 2017 09:30:33 +0200
From:   Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
To:     Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>,
        xen-devel@...ts.xen.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com,
        Stefano Stabellini <stefano@...reto.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 13/18] xen/pvcalls: implement release command

On 03/07/17 23:08, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> Release both active and passive sockets. For active sockets, make sure
> to avoid possible conflicts with the ioworker reading/writing to those
> sockets concurrently. Set map->release to let the ioworker know
> atomically that the socket will be released soon, then wait until the
> ioworker finishes (flush_work).
> 
> Unmap indexes pages and data rings.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano@...reto.com>

Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>


Thanks,

Juergen