From: Miklos Szeredi <mszer...@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 14:09:14 +0200
> @@ -1550,6 +1550,17 @@ static int unix_attach_fds(struct scm_cookie *scm,
> struct sk_buff *skb)
> return max_level;
> }
>
> +static void unix_peek_fds(struct scm_cookie *scm, struct sk_buff *skb)
> +{
> + scm->fp = scm_fp_dup(UNIXCB(skb).fp);
> + /*
> + * During garbage collection it is assumed that in-flight sockets don't
> + * get a new external reference. So we need to wait until current run
> + * finishes.
> + */
> + unix_gc_barrier();
> +}
...
> @@ -266,6 +266,11 @@ void wait_for_unix_gc(void)
> wait_event(unix_gc_wait, gc_in_progress == false);
> }
>
> +void unix_gc_barrier(void)
> +{
> + spin_unlock_wait(&unix_gc_lock);
> +}
Can you explain why wait_for_unix_gc() isn't appropriate? I'm a little
bit uncomfortable with a spinlock wait like this, and would rather see
something like the existing helper used.
Thanks.
