netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/3] make sock_alloc_file() do sock

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Date:   Fri, 01 Dec 2017 01:33:56 -0800
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] make sock_alloc_file() do sock_release() on failures

On Fri, 2017-12-01 at 00:23 +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> This changes calling conventions (and simplifies the hell out
> the callers).  New rules: once struct socket had been passed
> to sock_alloc_file(), it's been consumed either by struct file
> or by sock_release() done by sock_alloc_file().  Either way
> the caller should not do sock_release() after that point.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
> ---

Nice cleanup !

Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>