netdev - Re: [NETLINK] Don't attach callback to a going-away netlink socket

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Message-Id: <20070418.170636.77057313.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:06:36 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	xemul@...ru
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...l.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devel@...nvz.org, kaber@...sh.net,
	dev@...nvz.org
Subject: Re: [NETLINK] Don't attach callback to a going-away netlink socket

From: Pavel Emelianov <xemul@...ru>
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:16:18 +0400

> The proposal it to make sock_orphan before detaching the callback
> in netlink_release() and to check for the sock to be SOCK_DEAD in
> netlink_dump_start() before setting a new callback.

As discussed in this thread there might be other ways to a
approach this, but this fix is good for now.

Patch applied, thank you.
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