Re: [PATCHSET] making unix_bind() undo mknod on failure

[Al Viro]

On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 07:12:29PM +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 07:06:00PM +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> > On Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at 09:08:56PM +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> > 
> > > *shrug*
> > > 
> > > If anything, __unix_complete_bind() might make a better name for that,
> > > with dropping ->bindlock also pulled in, but TBH I don't have sufficiently
> > > strong preferences - might as well leave dropping the lock to caller.
> > > 
> > > I'll post that series to netdev tonight.
> > 
> > 	Took longer than I hoped...  Anyway, here's the current variant;
> > it's 5.11-based, lives in
> > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs.git misc.af_unix
> > 
> > Shortlog:
> > Al Viro (8):
> >       af_unix: take address assignment/hash insertion into a new helper
> >       unix_bind(): allocate addr earlier
> >       unix_bind(): separate BSD and abstract cases
> >       unix_bind(): take BSD and abstract address cases into new helpers
> >       fold unix_mknod() into unix_bind_bsd()
> >       unix_bind_bsd(): move done_path_create() call after dealing with ->bindlock
> >       unix_bind_bsd(): unlink if we fail after successful mknod
> >       __unix_find_socket_byname(): don't pass hash and type separately
> > 
> > Diffstat:
> >  net/unix/af_unix.c | 186 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
> >  1 file changed, 94 insertions(+), 92 deletions(-)
> > 
> > The actual fix is in #7/8, the first 6 are massage in preparation to that
> > and #8/8 is a minor followup cleanup.  Individual patches in followups.
> > Please, review.
> 
> Argh...  git send-email is playing silly buggers again ;-/

Cute - looks like having EMAIL in environment confuses the living hell out
git-send-email.  Oh, well...