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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] pvcalls-front: introduce a per sock_mapping
 refcount
To:     Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>,
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        Stefano Stabellini <stefano@aporeto.com>
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From:   Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
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On 14/02/18 19:28, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> Introduce a per sock_mapping refcount, in addition to the existing
> global refcount. Thanks to the sock_mapping refcount, we can safely wait
> for it to be 1 in pvcalls_front_release before freeing an active socket,
> instead of waiting for the global refcount to be 1.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano@aporeto.com>

Acked-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>


Juergen