Re: [PATCH net] af_unix: Correct comment to reference kfree_skb_reason hook

From: Kuniyuki Iwashima
Date: Thu Jan 23 2025 - 21:11:37 EST


From: Liang Jie <buaajxlj@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2025 09:51:06 +0800
> From: Liang Jie <liangjie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The comment in unix_release_sock has been updated to correctly reference
> kfree_skb_reason instead of kfree_skb, for clarity on how passed file
> descriptors are handled during socket closure.
>
> Fixes: c32f0bd7d483 ("af_unix: Set drop reason in unix_release_sock().")

This is net-next material and Fixes tag is not needed.

I don't think we need to update the comment though..

kfree_skb 'hook' generally means skb->destructor() and _reason is
not relevant here.

kfree_skb
kfree_skb_reason
sk_skb_reason_drop
__kfree_skb
skb_release_all
skb_release_head_state
skb->destructor / unix_destruct_scm <--


> Signed-off-by: Liang Jie <liangjie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> net/unix/af_unix.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
> index 34945de1fb1f..47dd3749ce32 100644
> --- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
> +++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
> @@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ static void unix_release_sock(struct sock *sk, int embrion)
> if (state == TCP_LISTEN)
> unix_release_sock(skb->sk, 1);
>
> - /* passed fds are erased in the kfree_skb hook */
> + /* passed fds are erased in the kfree_skb_reason hook */
> kfree_skb_reason(skb, SKB_DROP_REASON_SOCKET_CLOSE);
> }
>
> --
> 2.25.1