netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] rds: clean up loopback rds

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Date:   Tue, 26 Jun 2018 22:23:45 +0900 (KST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, rds-devel@....oracle.com,
        santosh.shilimkar@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] rds: clean up loopback rds_connections on
 netns deletion

From: Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2018 06:41:25 -0700

> The RDS core module creates rds_connections based on callbacks
> from rds_loop_transport when sending/receiving packets to local
> addresses.
> 
> These connections will need to be cleaned up when they are
> created from a netns that is not init_net, and that netns is deleted.
> 
> Add the changes aligned with the changes from
> commit ebeeb1ad9b8a ("rds: tcp: use rds_destroy_pending() to synchronize
> netns/module teardown and rds connection/workq management") for
> rds_loop_transport
> 
> Acked-by: Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@...cle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>

Since this probably fixes syzbot reports, this can be targetted
at 'net' instead?