Re: [PATCH] epoll: Bump the file reference count while polling.

On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 9:26 PM, Timmons C. Player < timmons.pla...@spirent.com> wrote: > There is a potential lock order inversion issue here. Closing > the file from the network side requires taking the file lock > after taking the socket lock. Conversely, polling a socket from > epoll takes th

[PATCH] epoll: Bump the file reference count while polling.

There is a potential lock order inversion issue here. Closing the file from the network side requires taking the file lock after taking the socket lock. Conversely, polling a socket from epoll takes the file lock and then takes the socket lock. Bumping the reference count here ensures that the n