netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: unix: allow bind to fail on mutex lock

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Message-Id: <20131217.150456.1467555049218669410.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 17 Dec 2013 15:04:56 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sasha.levin@...cle.com
Cc:	edumazet@...gle.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, xemul@...allels.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: unix: allow bind to fail on mutex lock

From: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 10:54:22 -0500

> This is similar to the set_peek_off patch where calling bind while the
> socket is stuck in unix_dgram_recvmsg() will block and cause a hung task
> spew after a while.
> 
> This is also the last place that did a straightforward mutex_lock(), so
> there shouldn't be any more of these patches.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>

Applied, thanks.
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