netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2 v2] iplink: fix fd leak when playing with netns

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Message-Id: 
 <172754103430.2296359.10559830962789013229.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2024 16:30:34 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
Cc: stephen@...workplumber.org, dsahern@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 alexandre.ferrieux@...nge.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2 v2] iplink: fix fd leak when playing with netns

Hello:

This patch was applied to iproute2/iproute2.git (main)
by Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>:

On Wed, 18 Sep 2024 18:49:41 +0200 you wrote:
> The command 'ip link set foo netns mynetns' opens a file descriptor to fill
> the netlink attribute IFLA_NET_NS_FD. This file descriptor is never closed.
> When batch mode is used, the number of file descriptor may grow greatly and
> reach the maximum file descriptor number that can be opened.
> 
> This fd can be closed only after the netlink answer. Moreover, a second
> fd could be opened because some (struct link_util)->parse_opt() handlers
> call iplink_parse().
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [iproute2,v2] iplink: fix fd leak when playing with netns
    https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/iproute2/iproute2.git/commit/?id=57daf8ff8c6c

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