linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] net: fix refcount bug in sk_psock

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Date:   Thu, 4 Aug 2022 08:29:13 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Hawkins Jiawei <yin31149@...il.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] net: fix refcount bug in sk_psock_get (2)

On Thu,  4 Aug 2022 11:05:15 +0800 Hawkins Jiawei wrote:
> I wonder if it is proper to gather these together in a patchset, for
> they are all about flags in sk_user_data, maybe:
> 
> [PATCH v5 0/2] net: enhancement to flags in sk_user_data field
> 	- introduce the patchset
> 
> [PATCH v5 1/2] net: clean up code for flags in sk_user_data field
> 	- refactor the things in include/linux/skmsg.h and
> include/net/sock.h
> 	- refactor the flags's usage by other code, such as
> net/core/skmsg.c and kernel/bpf/reuseport_array.c
> 
> [PATCH v5 2/2] net: fix refcount bug in sk_psock_get (2)
> 	- add SK_USER_DATA_PSOCK flag in sk_user_data field

Usually the fix comes first, because it needs to be backported to
stable, and we don't want to have to pull extra commits into stable
and risk regressions in code which was not directly involved in the bug.