Hi, During reading the vhost-net code, I find the following, static void handle_tx(struct vhost_net *net) { struct vhost_virtqueue *vq = &net->dev.vqs[VHOST_NET_VQ_TX]; unsigned out, in, s; int head; struct msghdr msg = { .msg_name = NULL, .msg_namelen = 0, .msg_control = NULL, .msg_controllen = 0, .msg_iov = vq->iov, .msg_flags = MSG_DONTWAIT, }; size_t len, total_len = 0; int err, wmem; size_t hdr_size; struct socket *sock; struct vhost_ubuf_ref *uninitialized_var(ubufs); bool zcopy; /* TODO: check that we are running from vhost_worker? */ sock = rcu_dereference_check(vq->private_data, 1); if (!sock) return; --------------------------------> Qemu calls vhost_net_set_backend() to set a new backend fd, and close @oldsock->file. And sock->file refcnt==0. Can vhost_worker prevent itself from such situation? And how? wmem = atomic_read(&sock->sk->sk_wmem_alloc); ......................................................................... Is it a race? Thanks and regards, pingfan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html