netdev - Re: [PATCH] sockfs: switch to ->free

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Message-Id: <20190708.192552.833537119648669033.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Mon, 08 Jul 2019 19:25:52 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     viro@...iv.linux.org.uk
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sockfs: switch to ->free_inode()

From: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2019 20:13:22 +0100

> we do have an RCU-delayed part there already (freeing the wq),
> so it's not like the pipe situation; moreover, it might be
> worth considering coallocating wq with the rest of struct sock_alloc.
> ->sk_wq in struct sock would remain a pointer as it is, but
> the object it normally points to would be coallocated with
> struct socket...
> 
> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>

Applied.