Re: [PATCH/RFC] New module refcounting for net_proto_family

Max Krasnyansky
2003-01-09T20:37:13Z

At 01:21 AM 1/7/2003 -0800, David S. Miller wrote:

>Change is buggy, there are many places that sk_alloc() but don't use
>sock_init_data(). net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c is one of many such
>places.
Those guys will have to bump mod refcount themselves then.
sock_init_data() and sock_graft() have access to ->owner field but sk_alloc()
doesn't. So we either have to change sk_alloc() API or make call to
sock_init_data()/sock_graft() a must. Any other suggestions ?

Max