Re: [PATCH net] vsock: fix locking in vsock_shutdown()

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Mon Feb 08 2021 - 15:32:15 EST


On Mon, 8 Feb 2021 16:04:31 +0100 Stefano Garzarella wrote:
> What do you suggest?
>
> I did it this way because by modifying only the caller, we would have a
> nested lock.
>
> This way instead we are sure that if we backport this patch, we don't
> forget to touch hvs_shutdown() as well.

I'm not a socket expert but the approach seems reasonable to me.