netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: Fix module refcount leak in kernel

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Message-Id: <20081218.193527.239071578.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:35:27 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	yjwei@...fujitsu.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: Fix module refcount leak in kernel_accept()

From: Wei Yongjun <yjwei@...fujitsu.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:20:46 +0800

> The kernel_accept() does not hold the module refcount of newsock->ops->owner,
> so we need __module_get(newsock->ops->owner) code after call kernel_accept()
> by hand.
> In sunrpc, the module refcount is missing to hold. So this cause kernel panic.
> 
> Used following script to reproduct:
 ...
> Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yjwei@...fujitsu.com>

Good fine, patch applied, thanks!
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