[NET]: Make netlink_kernel_release publically available as sk_release_kernel.

This staff will be needed for non-netlink kernel sockets, which should
also not pin a namespace like tcp_socket and icmp_socket.

Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org>
Acked-by: Daniel Lezcano <dlezcano@fr.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
This commit is contained in:
Denis V. Lunev
2008-02-29 11:18:32 -08:00
committed by David S. Miller
parent 9dfbec1fb2
commit edf0208702
3 changed files with 33 additions and 16 deletions

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@@ -987,6 +987,24 @@ void sk_free(struct sock *sk)
sk_prot_free(sk->sk_prot_creator, sk);
}
/*
* Last sock_put should drop referrence to sk->sk_net. It has already
* been dropped in sk_change_net. Taking referrence to stopping namespace
* is not an option.
* Take referrence to a socket to remove it from hash _alive_ and after that
* destroy it in the context of init_net.
*/
void sk_release_kernel(struct sock *sk)
{
if (sk == NULL || sk->sk_socket == NULL)
return;
sock_hold(sk);
sock_release(sk->sk_socket);
sk->sk_net = get_net(&init_net);
sock_put(sk);
}
struct sock *sk_clone(const struct sock *sk, const gfp_t priority)
{
struct sock *newsk;