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From: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
To: maxk@qualcomm.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] New module refcounting for net_proto_family
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 22:54:11 -0800 (PST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20021220.225411.34743908.davem@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1040313919.2650.31.camel@localhost>


Bunch of problems with this patch:

1) Module leak.  If try_module_get(npf->owner) works but sock_alloc()
   fails, we never put the module.  It just branches to the "out"
   label in that case, which unlocks the net_family table and returns
   err.

2) Bigger issue, why not attach the owner to struct sock
   instead of socket?  The sock can exist, and thus reference
   the protocol family code, long after the socket (ie. the
   user end) is killed off and closed.

   For example, this could happen for just about any protocol family
   due to stray device sk_buff references to the sock and thus the
   protocol family.

Please address this stuff.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2002-12-21  6:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-12-18 15:25 [PATCH/RFC] New module refcounting for net_proto_family Max Krasnyansky
2002-12-19 16:05 ` Max Krasnyansky
2002-12-19 19:28   ` Alan Cox
2002-12-19 19:12     ` David S. Miller
2002-12-19 22:17       ` Max Krasnyansky
2002-12-21  6:54   ` David S. Miller [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-12-19 23:08 Jean Tourrilhes
2002-12-19 23:23 ` Max Krasnyansky
2002-12-26  8:11 Max Krasnyansky
2003-01-02 11:43 ` Max Krasnyansky
2003-01-03  8:24   ` David S. Miller
2003-01-20  3:22   ` Max Krasnyansky
2003-01-21 11:03     ` David S. Miller
2003-01-21 19:42       ` Max Krasnyansky
2003-01-21 19:36         ` David S. Miller
2003-02-07  9:48     ` David S. Miller
2003-02-07 23:34       ` Max Krasnyansky
2003-02-08  8:44         ` David S. Miller
2003-02-18  3:46     ` David S. Miller
2003-02-18 18:50       ` Max Krasnyansky
2003-02-18 21:09         ` Jean Tourrilhes
2003-02-19  3:54         ` Rusty Russell
2003-02-19  7:04           ` David S. Miller
2003-02-19 18:03             ` Max Krasnyansky
2003-02-19 20:31             ` Roman Zippel
2003-02-19 17:45           ` Max Krasnyansky
2003-02-20  1:21             ` Rusty Russell
2003-02-20 17:38               ` Max Krasnyansky
2003-02-21  0:30                 ` Rusty Russell
2003-02-21  1:17                   ` Max Krasnyansky
2003-02-21  8:45                     ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-02-21 17:44                       ` Max Krasnyansky
2003-02-24  1:01                     ` Rusty Russell
2003-02-24 19:35                       ` Max Krasnyansky
2003-02-25  5:02                         ` Rusty Russell
2003-02-26 20:21                           ` Max Krasnyansky
2003-01-07  9:21 ` David S. Miller
2003-01-09 20:45   ` Max Krasnyansky
2003-01-09 23:53     ` David S. Miller
2003-02-20 17:52 Max Krasnyansky

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