netdev - Re: socket leaks observed in Linux kernel's passive close path

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Date:   Thu, 13 Oct 2022 17:59:05 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     "Arankal, Nagaraj" <nagaraj.p.arankal@....com>
Cc:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: socket leaks observed in Linux kernel's passive close path

On Thu, Oct 13, 2022 at 02:44:02PM +0000, Arankal, Nagaraj wrote:
> Hi Andrew,
> Thanks for looking into this,  I have not tested this on V6.0 kernel, and as far as I know I have not observed any fixes in this area, that's why I posted this, as this seems to be a valid case.

Please don't top post. And set your mailer to wrap lines at around 78
characters.

Please post your test results for v6.0. Just because you have not seen
any fixes in the last 4 years does not mean it has not been fixed.

    Andrew