netdev - Re: [PATCH] X25 fix dead unaccepted sockets

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Message-Id: <20100421.163202.121306838.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:32:02 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	andrew.hendry@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] X25 fix dead unaccepted sockets

From: Andrew Hendry <andrew.hendry@...il.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 10:17:32 +1000

> 
> 1, An X25 program binds and listens
> 2, calls arrive waiting to be accepted
> 3, Program exits without accepting
> 4, Sockets time out but don't get correctly cleaned up
> 5, cat /proc/net/x25/socket shows the dead sockets with bad inode fields.
> 
> This line borrowed from AX25 sets the dying socket so the timers clean up later.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Hendry <andrew.hendry@...il.com>

Applied, thank you.
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