netdev - Re: [PATCH] VSOCK: call sk->sk_data

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Date:	Wed, 04 Nov 2015 22:03:32 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	stefanha@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, thellstrom@...are.com, asarwade@...are.com,
	jhansen@...are.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] VSOCK: call sk->sk_data_ready() on accept()

From: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com>
Date: Wed,  4 Nov 2015 12:58:42 +0000

> When a listen socket enqueues a connection for userspace to accept(),
> the sk->sk_data_ready() callback should be invoked.  In-kernel socket
> users rely on this callback to detect when incoming connections are
> available.
> 
> Currently the sk->sk_state_change() callback is invoked by
> vmci_transport.c.  This happens to work for userspace applications since
> sk->sk_state_change = sock_def_wakeup() and sk->sk_data_ready =
> sock_def_readable() both wake up the accept() waiter.  In-kernel socket
> users, on the other hand, fail to detect incoming connections.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com>

Applied.
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