From edf0208702007ec1f6a36756fdd005f771a4cf17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Denis V. Lunev" Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:18:32 -0800 Subject: [NET]: Make netlink_kernel_release publically available as sk_release_kernel. This staff will be needed for non-netlink kernel sockets, which should also not pin a namespace like tcp_socket and icmp_socket. Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev Acked-by: Daniel Lezcano Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/core/sock.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) (limited to 'net/core/sock.c') diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c index 09cb3a74de7..c71b645a78f 100644 --- a/net/core/sock.c +++ b/net/core/sock.c @@ -987,6 +987,24 @@ void sk_free(struct sock *sk) sk_prot_free(sk->sk_prot_creator, sk); } +/* + * Last sock_put should drop referrence to sk->sk_net. It has already + * been dropped in sk_change_net. Taking referrence to stopping namespace + * is not an option. + * Take referrence to a socket to remove it from hash _alive_ and after that + * destroy it in the context of init_net. + */ +void sk_release_kernel(struct sock *sk) +{ + if (sk == NULL || sk->sk_socket == NULL) + return; + + sock_hold(sk); + sock_release(sk->sk_socket); + sk->sk_net = get_net(&init_net); + sock_put(sk); +} + struct sock *sk_clone(const struct sock *sk, const gfp_t priority) { struct sock *newsk; -- cgit v1.2.3