netdev - Re: [PATCH] net/af_unix: don't create a path for a binded socket

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Date:   Wed, 25 Nov 2020 15:27:42 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Denis Kirjanov <kda@...ux-powerpc.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/af_unix: don't create a path for a binded socket

On Tue, 24 Nov 2020 15:24:21 +0300 Denis Kirjanov wrote:
> in the case of the socket which is bound to an adress
> there is no sense to create a path in the next attempts

> diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
> index 41c3303c3357..fd76a8fe3907 100644
> --- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
> +++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
> @@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@ static int unix_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uaddr, int addr_len)
>  
>  	err = -EINVAL;
>  	if (addr_len < offsetofend(struct sockaddr_un, sun_family) ||
> -	    sunaddr->sun_family != AF_UNIX)
> +	    sunaddr->sun_family != AF_UNIX || u->addr)
>  		goto out;
>  
>  	if (addr_len == sizeof(short)) {
> @@ -1049,10 +1049,6 @@ static int unix_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uaddr, int addr_len)
>  	if (err)
>  		goto out_put;
>  
> -	err = -EINVAL;
> -	if (u->addr)
> -		goto out_up;
> -
>  	err = -ENOMEM;
>  	addr = kmalloc(sizeof(*addr)+addr_len, GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!addr)

Well, after your change the check on u->addr is no longer protected by
u->bindlock. Is that okay?