From: Yann Droneaud <ydrone...@opteya.com> Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 22:42:20 +0100
> This patch makes socketpair() use error paths which do not > rely on heavy-weight call to sys_close(): it's better to try > to push the file descriptor to userspace before installing > the socket file to the file descriptor, so that errors are > catched earlier and being easier to handle. > > Using sys_close() seems to be the exception, while writing the > file descriptor before installing it look like it's more or less > the norm: eg. except for code used in init/, error handling > involve fput() and put_unused_fd(), but not sys_close(). > > This make socketpair() usage of sys_close() quite unusual. > So it deserves to be replaced by the common pattern relying on > fput() and put_unused_fd() just like, for example, the one used > in pipe(2) or recvmsg(2). > > Three distinct error paths are still needed since calling > fput() on file structure returned by sock_alloc_file() will > implicitly call sock_release() on the associated socket > structure. > > Cc: David S. Miller <da...@davemloft.net> > Cc: Al Viro <v...@zeniv.linux.org.uk> > Signed-off-by: Yann Droneaud <ydrone...@opteya.com> > Link: > http://marc.info/?i=1385979146-13825-1-git-send-email-ydrone...@opteya.com Applied to net-next, thanks. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/