netdev - Re: [Bug 106241] New: shutdown(3)/close(3) behaviour is incorrect for sockets in accept(3)

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Date:	Wed, 21 Oct 2015 08:30:08 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	Alan.Burlison@...cle.com
Cc:	viro@...IV.linux.org.uk, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
	stephen@...workplumber.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	dholland-tech@...bsd.org, casper.dik@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [Bug 106241] New: shutdown(3)/close(3) behaviour is incorrect
 for sockets in accept(3)

From: Alan Burlison <Alan.Burlison@...cle.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 15:38:51 +0100

> While this algorithm is pretty expensive, it is not often invoked.

I bet it can be easily intentionally invoked, by a malicious entity no
less.
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