linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hv_sock: Fix data loss upon socket close

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Date:   Thu, 09 May 2019 13:58:09 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     sunilmut@...rosoft.com
Cc:     kys@...rosoft.com, haiyangz@...rosoft.com, sthemmin@...rosoft.com,
        sashal@...nel.org, decui@...rosoft.com, mikelley@...rosoft.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hv_sock: Fix data loss upon socket close

From: Sunil Muthuswamy <sunilmut@...rosoft.com>
Date: Wed, 8 May 2019 23:10:35 +0000

> +static inline void hvs_shutdown_lock_held(struct hvsock *hvs, int mode)

Please do not use the inline keyword in foo.c files, let the compiler decide.

Also, longer term thing, I notice that vsock_remove_socket() is very
inefficient locking-wise.  It takes the table lock to do the placement
test, and takes it again to do the removal.  Might even be racy.