linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net/tls: Fix sk_psock refcnt leak in bpf_exec_tx

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Date:   Sat, 25 Apr 2020 20:46:43 +0200
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@...an.edu.cn>,
        Xin Tan <tanxin.ctf@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        bpf@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>,
        Aviad Yehezkel <aviadye@...lanox.com>,
        Boris Pismenny <borisp@...lanox.com>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
        Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>, KP Singh <kpsingh@...omium.org>,
        Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>,
        Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>, Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>,
        Yuan Zhang <yuanxzhang@...an.edu.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/tls: Fix sk_psock refcnt leak in
 bpf_exec_tx_verdict()

> When bpf_exec_tx_verdict() returns, local variable "psock" becomes
> invalid, so the refcount should be decreased to keep refcount balanced.

How do you think about to mention the term “reference counting” in
the commit message?

Would you like to add the tag “Fixes” to the change description?

Regards,
Markus