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| author | Octavian Purdila <opurdila@ixiacom.com> | 2008-06-04 15:45:58 -0700 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2008-06-04 15:45:58 -0700 |
| commit | 293ad60401da621b8b329abbe8c388edb25f658a (patch) | |
| tree | fb2fdaf7721c8efa36b0b47f7b63d4e600217dbb /block/cfq-iosched.c | |
| parent | 26af65cbeb2467a486ae4fc7242c94e470c67c50 (diff) | |
tcp: Fix for race due to temporary drop of the socket lock in skb_splice_bits.
skb_splice_bits temporary drops the socket lock while iterating over
the socket queue in order to break a reverse locking condition which
happens with sendfile. This, however, opens a window of opportunity
for tcp_collapse() to aggregate skbs and thus potentially free the
current skb used in skb_splice_bits and tcp_read_sock.
This patch fixes the problem by (re-)getting the same "logical skb"
after the lock has been temporary dropped.
Based on idea and initial patch from Evgeniy Polyakov.
Signed-off-by: Octavian Purdila <opurdila@ixiacom.com>
Acked-by: Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@2ka.mipt.ru>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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