Re: [PATCH net] vsock: prevent unnecessary refcnt inc for nonblocking connect

From: Eiichi Tsukata
Date: Mon Nov 08 2021 - 19:13:50 EST




> On Nov 8, 2021, at 17:30, Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Nov 07, 2021 at 12:03:04PM +0000, Eiichi Tsukata wrote:
>> Currently vosck_connect() increments sock refcount for nonblocking
>> socket each time it's called, which can lead to memory leak if
>> it's called multiple times because connect timeout function decrements
>> sock refcount only once.
>>
>> Fixes it by making vsock_connect() return -EALREADY immediately when
>> sock state is already SS_CONNECTING.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Eiichi Tsukata <eiichi.tsukata@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c | 2 ++
>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> Make sense to me, thanks for fixing this issue!
> I think would be better to add the Fixes ref in the commit message:
>
> Fixes: d021c344051a ("VSOCK: Introduce VM Sockets")
>
> With that:
> Reviewed-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Thanks,
> Stefano
>

Thanks for comments! I’ll add Fixes and Reviewed-by tag then send v2.

Eiichi