netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 4/4] tcp: plug dst leak in tcp_v6_conn

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Date:	Thu, 28 Jun 2012 17:55:38 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ncardwell@...gle.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 4/4] tcp: plug dst leak in
 tcp_v6_conn_request()

From: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 15:34:21 -0700

> The code in tcp_v6_conn_request() was implicitly assuming that
> tcp_v6_send_synack() would take care of dst_release(), much as
> tcp_v4_send_synack() already does. This resulted in
> tcp_v6_conn_request() leaking a dst if sysctl_tw_recycle is enabled.
> 
> This commit restructures tcp_v6_send_synack() so that it accepts a dst
> pointer and takes care of releasing the dst that is passed in, to plug
> the leak and avoid future surprises by bringing the IPv6 behavior in
> line with the IPv4 side.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>

Applied.
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