netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] inet: Always increment refcount in inet_twsk

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Date:	Fri, 24 Jul 2015 01:49:27 -0000
From:	subashab@...eaurora.org
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] inet: Always increment refcount in
 inet_twsk_schedule

> Actually we do increment refcnt, for every socket found in ehash.
>
> Carefully read again __inet_lookup_established()
>
> This code is generic for ESTABLISH and TIME-WAIT sockets
>
> If you found a code that performed the lookup without taking the refcnt,
> please point me at it, this would be a serious bug.

>From my previous observations, it appears as if
1. this check is bypassed
2. the refcount is incremented here but is decremented before it reaches
the packet processing in tcp_timewait_state_process()

I will try to debug this and update.

> Is it some Android kernel ?
>
> Android had private modules that needed an update in 3.18

Yes, the kernel is based on Android 3.18.

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