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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2014-03-14 22:31:55 -0400
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2014-03-14 22:31:55 -0400
commit85dcce7a73f1cc59f7a96fe52713b1630f4ca272 (patch)
tree6c645923eb2f0152073b90685ce80e46cfb7afed /net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
parent4c4e4113db249c828fffb286bc95ffb255e081f5 (diff)
parenta4ecdf82f8ea49f7d3a072121dcbd0bf3a7cb93a (diff)
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net
Conflicts: drivers/net/usb/r8152.c drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c Both the r8152 and netback conflicts were simple overlapping changes. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/ipv4/tcp_output.c')
-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/tcp_output.c11
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index 5a163de5e142..e0a7b33fe953 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -780,6 +780,17 @@ void tcp_release_cb(struct sock *sk)
if (flags & (1UL << TCP_TSQ_DEFERRED))
tcp_tsq_handler(sk);
+ /* Here begins the tricky part :
+ * We are called from release_sock() with :
+ * 1) BH disabled
+ * 2) sk_lock.slock spinlock held
+ * 3) socket owned by us (sk->sk_lock.owned == 1)
+ *
+ * But following code is meant to be called from BH handlers,
+ * so we should keep BH disabled, but early release socket ownership
+ */
+ sock_release_ownership(sk);
+
if (flags & (1UL << TCP_WRITE_TIMER_DEFERRED)) {
tcp_write_timer_handler(sk);
__sock_put(sk);