linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 9/9] Revert "net: do not leave a dangling sk pointer, when socket creation fails"

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Message-ID: <20241014214236.99604-1-kuniyu@amazon.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 14:42:36 -0700
From: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...zon.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 9/9] Revert "net: do not leave a dangling sk pointer, when socket creation fails"

From: Ignat Korchagin <ignat@...udflare.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 16:38:08 +0100
> This reverts commit 6cd4a78d962bebbaf8beb7d2ead3f34120e3f7b2.
> 
> inet/inet6->create() implementations have been fixed to explicitly NULL the
> allocated sk object on error.
> 
> A warning was put in place to make sure any future changes will not leave
> a dangling pointer in pf->create() implementations.
> 
> So this code is now redundant.
> 
> Suggested-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...zon.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ignat Korchagin <ignat@...udflare.com>

Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...zon.com>