rds: tcp: use sock_create_lite() to create the accept socket
authorSowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@oracle.com>
Thu, 6 Jul 2017 15:15:06 +0000 (08:15 -0700)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Sat, 8 Jul 2017 10:16:16 +0000 (11:16 +0100)
There are two problems with calling sock_create_kern() from
rds_tcp_accept_one()
1. it sets up a new_sock->sk that is wasteful, because this ->sk
   is going to get replaced by inet_accept() in the subsequent ->accept()
2. The new_sock->sk is a leaked reference in sock_graft() which
   expects to find a null parent->sk

Avoid these problems by calling sock_create_lite().

Signed-off-by: Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
net/rds/tcp_listen.c

index c6dc8ca..c061d6e 100644 (file)
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ int rds_tcp_accept_one(struct socket *sock)
        if (!sock) /* module unload or netns delete in progress */
                return -ENETUNREACH;
 
-       ret = sock_create_kern(sock_net(sock->sk), sock->sk->sk_family,
+       ret = sock_create_lite(sock->sk->sk_family,
                               sock->sk->sk_type, sock->sk->sk_protocol,
                               &new_sock);
        if (ret)