From: Benjamin LaHaise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 13:35:16 -0800
> On Thu, Mar 09, 2006 at 01:12:20PM -0800, David S. Miller wrote: > > So Ben can you work to figure out what the bind(0.0.0.0) > > problem was? Once that is fully resolved, I think I'll apply > > your RCU patch to net-2.6.17. > > I think I know what the problem is. Basically, sockets from the listen > table can have their refcount leaked in the do_time_wait chunk of code. > I'll send out a patch that reworks that area and also adds one thing I > missed, which is that sock_hold() in an rcu section needs to be an > atomic_inc_not_zero, or the socket can be leaked (resulting in exactly > that sort of failure when a listening socket is destroyed). Ok, let me know when you have a new tested patch. Thanks a lot. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
