netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH v3 6/6] udp: Do not copy destructor if one is not present

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Message-ID: <20d57d45-c400-77a0-213b-c5c8ac7fe7f9@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 7 May 2018 11:25:32 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, willemb@...gle.com, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v3 6/6] udp: Do not copy destructor if one is not
 present



On 05/07/2018 11:08 AM, Alexander Duyck wrote:
> From: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>
> 
> This patch makes it so that if a destructor is not present we avoid trying
> to update the skb socket or any reference counting that would be associated
> with the NULL socket and/or descriptor. By doing this we can support
> traffic coming from another namespace without any issues.
> 
> Acked-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>

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