netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] selftests: net: tcp_mmap should create detached threads

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Message-Id: <20191115.124619.733082184859795989.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Fri, 15 Nov 2019 12:46:19 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     edumazet@...gle.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] selftests: net: tcp_mmap should create
 detached threads

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 08:43:27 -0800

> Since we do not plan using pthread_join() in the server do_accept()
> loop, we better create detached threads, or risk increasing memory
> footprint over time.
> 
> Fixes: 192dc405f308 ("selftests: net: add tcp_mmap program")
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Applied.