netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 03/16] l2tp: don't use inet

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Message-ID: <20180212184117.GB1422@alphalink.fr>
Date:   Mon, 12 Feb 2018 19:41:17 +0100
From:   Guillaume Nault <g.nault@...halink.fr>
To:     James Chapman <jchapman@...alix.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, kbuild-all@...org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 03/16] l2tp: don't use inet_shutdown on
 tunnel destroy

On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 10:11:07AM +0000, James Chapman wrote:
> Previously, if a tunnel was closed, we called inet_shutdown to mark
> the socket as unconnected such that userspace would get errors and
> then close the socket. This could race with userspace closing the
> socket. Instead, leave userspace to close the socket in its own time
> (our tunnel will be detached anyway).
> 
Acked-by: Guillaume Nault <g.nault@...halink.fr>