On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 12:03:53AM +0800, Xin Long wrote: > > I don't know, I still don't feel safe about it. I agree the socket lock keeps > > the state from changing during a single transmission, which makes the use case > > you are focused on correct. > ok, :-) > > > > > That said, have you considered the retransmit case? That is to say, if you > > queue and flush the outq, and some packets fail delivery, and in the time > > between the intial send and the expiration of the RTX timer (during which the > > socket lock will have been released), an event may occur which changes the > > transport state, which will then be ignored with your patch. > Sorry, I'm not sure if I got it. > > You mean "during which changes q->asoc->state", right ? > > This patch removes the check of q->asoc->state in sctp_outq_tail(). > > sctp_outq_tail() is called for data only in: > sctp_primitive_SEND -> sctp_do_sm -> sctp_cmd_send_msg -> > sctp_cmd_interpreter -> sctp_cmd_send_msg() -> sctp_outq_tail() > > before calling sctp_primitive_SEND, hold sock lock first. > then sctp_primitive_SEND choose FUNC according: > > #define TYPE_SCTP_PRIMITIVE_SEND { > .... > > if asoc->state is unavailable, FUNC can't be sctp_cmd_send_msg, > but sctp_sf_error_closed/sctp_sf_error_shutdown, sctp_outq_tail > can't be called, either. > I mean sctp_primitive_SEND do the same check for asoc->state > already actually. > > so the code in sctp_outq_tail is redundant actually. > > > > > > > > Neil > > > Ok, you've convinced me, thanks for taking the time to go through it Acked-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-sctp" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html