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net: Modify sk_alloc to not reference count the netns of kernel sockets.

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Now that sk_alloc knows when a kernel socket is being allocated modify
it to not reference count the network namespace of kernel sockets.

Keep track of if a socket needs reference counting by adding a flag to
struct sock called sk_net_refcnt.

Update all of the callers of sock_create_kern to stop using
sk_change_net and sk_release_kernel as those hacks are no longer
needed, to avoid reference counting a kernel socket.

Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Eric W. Biederman
2015-05-08 21:10:31 -05:00
committed by David S. Miller
parent 11aa9c28b4
commit 26abe14379
8 changed files with 30 additions and 45 deletions
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@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ struct sock_common {
unsigned char skc_reuse:4;
unsigned char skc_reuseport:1;
unsigned char skc_ipv6only:1;
unsigned char skc_net_refcnt:1;
int skc_bound_dev_if;
union {
struct hlist_node skc_bind_node;
@@ -323,6 +324,7 @@ struct sock {
#define sk_reuse __sk_common.skc_reuse
#define sk_reuseport __sk_common.skc_reuseport
#define sk_ipv6only __sk_common.skc_ipv6only
#define sk_net_refcnt __sk_common.skc_net_refcnt
#define sk_bound_dev_if __sk_common.skc_bound_dev_if
#define sk_bind_node __sk_common.skc_bind_node
#define sk_prot __sk_common.skc_prot