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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] Phonet: remove dangling pipe if an
 endpoint is closed early
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:32:58 -0700 (PDT)
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=46rom: R=E9mi Denis-Courmont <remi@remlab.net>
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 01:19:53 +0300

> From: R=E9mi Denis-Courmont <remi.denis-courmont@nokia.com>
>=20
> Closing a pipe endpoint is not normally allowed by the Phonet pipe,
> other than as a side after-effect of removing the pipe between two
> endpoints. But there is no way to prevent Linux userspace processes
> from being killed or suffering from bugs, so this can still happen.
> We might as well forcefully close Phonet pipe endpoints then.
>=20
> The cellular modem supports only a few existing pipes at a time. So w=
e
> really should not leak them. This change instructs the modem to destr=
oy
> the pipe if either of the pipe's endpoint (Linux socket) is closed to=
o
> early.
>=20
> Signed-off-by: R=E9mi Denis-Courmont <remi.denis-courmont@nokia.com>

Applied.