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[NET]: Make netlink_kernel_release publically available as sk_release…
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…_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 <den@openvz.org>
Acked-by: Daniel Lezcano <dlezcano@fr.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Denis V. Lunev authored and David S. Miller committed Feb 29, 2008
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13 changes: 13 additions & 0 deletions include/net/sock.h
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Expand Up @@ -850,6 +850,7 @@ extern struct sock *sk_alloc(struct net *net, int family,
gfp_t priority,
struct proto *prot);
extern void sk_free(struct sock *sk);
extern void sk_release_kernel(struct sock *sk);
extern struct sock *sk_clone(const struct sock *sk,
const gfp_t priority);

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}
#endif

/*
* Kernel sockets, f.e. rtnl or icmp_socket, are a part of a namespace.
* They should not hold a referrence to a namespace in order to allow
* to stop it.
* Sockets after sk_change_net should be released using sk_release_kernel
*/
static inline void sk_change_net(struct sock *sk, struct net *net)
{
put_net(sk->sk_net);
sk->sk_net = net;
}

extern void sock_enable_timestamp(struct sock *sk);
extern int sock_get_timestamp(struct sock *, struct timeval __user *);
extern int sock_get_timestampns(struct sock *, struct timespec __user *);
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18 changes: 18 additions & 0 deletions net/core/sock.c
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Expand Up @@ -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;
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18 changes: 2 additions & 16 deletions net/netlink/af_netlink.c
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Expand Up @@ -1372,8 +1372,7 @@ netlink_kernel_create(struct net *net, int unit, unsigned int groups,
goto out_sock_release_nosk;

sk = sock->sk;
put_net(sk->sk_net);
sk->sk_net = net;
sk_change_net(sk, net);

if (groups < 32)
groups = 32;
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void
netlink_kernel_release(struct sock *sk)
{
/*
* Last sock_put should drop referrence to sk->sk_net. It has already
* been dropped in netlink_kernel_create. Taking referrence to stopping
* namespace is not an option.
* Take referrence to a socket to remove it from netlink lookup table
* _alive_ and after that destroy it in the context of init_net.
*/
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);
sk_release_kernel(sk);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(netlink_kernel_release);

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