RE: [PATCH v3] virtio_vsock: Fix race condition in virtio_transport_recv_pkt()

[Justin He]

Hi Markus

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@xxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2020 6:41 PM
> To: Justin He <Justin.He@xxxxxxx>; kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] virtio_vsock: Fix race condition in
> virtio_transport_recv_pkt()
>
> > This fixes it by checking sk->sk_shutdown(suggested by Stefano) after
> > lock_sock since sk->sk_shutdown is set to SHUTDOWN_MASK under the
> > protection of lock_sock_nested.
>
> How do you think about a wording variant like the following?
>
>   Thus check the data structure member âsk_shutdownâ (suggested by Stefano)
>   after a call of the function âlock_sockâ since this field is set to
>   âSHUTDOWN_MASKâ under the protection of âlock_sock_nestedâ.
>
Okay, will update the commit msg.

>
> Would you like to add the tag âFixesâ to the commit message?
Sure.

Thanks


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Cheers,
Justin (Jia He)


>
> Regards,
> Markus
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