netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] unix: Guarantee sk_state relevance in case of it was assigned by a task on other cpu

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Date:   Tue, 24 Jan 2023 17:35:57 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Kirill Tkhai <tkhai@...ru>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com,
        kuniyu@...zon.com, gorcunov@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] unix: Guarantee sk_state relevance in case of
 it was assigned by a task on other cpu

On Mon, 23 Jan 2023 01:21:20 +0300 Kirill Tkhai wrote:
> Since in this situation unix_accept() is called chronologically later, such
> behavior is not obvious and it is wrong.

Noob question, perhaps - how do we establish the ordering ?
CPU1 knows that listen() has succeed without a barrier ?