RE: [PATCH net-next 2/3] vsock: fix vsock_dequeue/enqueue_accept race

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> From: Stefan Hajnoczi [mailto:stefanha@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2017 07:06
> 
> On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 10:15:39PM +0000, Dexuan Cui wrote:
> > With the current code, when vsock_dequeue_accept() is removing a sock
> > from the list, nothing prevents vsock_enqueue_accept() from adding a new
> > sock into the list concurrently. We should add a lock to protect the list.
> 
> The listener sock is locked, preventing concurrent modification.  I have
> checked both the virtio and vmci transports.  Can you post an example
> where the listener sock isn't locked?
> 
> Stefan
Sorry, I was not careful when checking the vmci code. 
Please ignore the patch.

Now I realized the expectation is that the individual transport drivers should
do the locking for vsock_enqueue_accept(), but for vsock_dequeue_accept(),
the locking is done by the common vsock driver.

Thanks,
-- Dexuan
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