Subject: Re: [PATCH net 5/5] net/smc: put sk reference if close work was canceled

From: Wenjia Zhang <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2023 21:04:11 +0200

On 11.10.23 09:33, D. Wythe wrote:
> From: "D. Wythe" <[email-masked]>
> 
> Note that we always hold a reference to sock when attempting
> to submit close_work. 
yes
Therefore, if we have successfully
> canceled close_work from pending, we MUST release that reference
> to avoid potential leaks.
> 
Isn't the corresponding reference already released inside the 
smc_close_passive_work()?

> Fixes: 42bfba9eaa33 ("net/smc: immediate termination for SMCD link groups")
> Signed-off-by: D. Wythe <[email-masked]>
> ---
>   net/smc/smc_close.c | 3 ++-
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/smc/smc_close.c b/net/smc/smc_close.c
> index 449ef45..10219f5 100644
> --- a/net/smc/smc_close.c
> +++ b/net/smc/smc_close.c
> @@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ static void smc_close_cancel_work(struct smc_sock *smc)
>   	struct sock *sk = &smc->sk;
>   
>   	release_sock(sk);
> -	cancel_work_sync(&smc->conn.close_work);
> +	if (cancel_work_sync(&smc->conn.close_work))
> +		sock_put(sk);
>   	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&smc->conn.tx_work);
>   	lock_sock(sk);
>   }