linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net] vsock: fix locking in vsock

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Date:   Mon, 8 Feb 2021 11:12:00 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Jorgen Hansen <jhansen@...are.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>,
        Andy King <acking@...are.com>, Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>,
        Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...are.com>,
        "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        George Zhang <georgezhang@...are.com>,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] vsock: fix locking in vsock_shutdown()

On Mon, 8 Feb 2021 16:04:31 +0100 Stefano Garzarella wrote:
> What do you suggest?
> 
> I did it this way because by modifying only the caller, we would have a 
> nested lock.
> 
> This way instead we are sure that if we backport this patch, we don't 
> forget to touch hvs_shutdown() as well.

I'm not a socket expert but the approach seems reasonable to me.