Re: [PATCH net-next 0/5] tipc: align TIPC behaviours of waiting for events with other stacks

[David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>]

From: Ying Xue <ying.xue@windriver.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 09:50:02 +0800

> Comparing the current implementations of waiting for events in TIPC
> socket layer with other stacks, TIPC's behaviour is very different
> because wait_event_interruptible_timeout()/wait_event_interruptible()
> are always used by TIPC to wait for events while relevant socket or
> port variables are fed to them as their arguments. As socket lock has
> to be released temporarily before the two routines of waiting for
> events are called, their arguments associated with socket or port
> structures are out of socket lock protection. This might cause
> serious issues where the process of calling socket syscall such as
> sendsmg(), connect(), accept(), and recvmsg(), cannot be waken up
> at all even if proper event arrives or improperly be woken up
> although the condition of waking up the process is not satisfied
> in practice.
> 
> Therefore, aligning its behaviours with similar functions implemented
> in other stacks, for instance, sk_stream_wait_connect() and
> inet_csk_wait_for_connect() etc, can avoid above risks for us.

Series applied, thank you.