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[IPV6] tcp_v6_send_synack: release the destination

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This patch fix dst reference counting in tcp_v6_send_synack

Analysis:
Currently tcp_v6_send_synack is never called with a dst entry
so dst always comes in as NULL.

ip6_dst_lookup calls ip6_route_output which calls dst_hold
before it returns the dst entry.   Neither xfrm_lookup
nor tcp_make_synack consume the dst entry so we still have
a dst_entry with a bumped refrence count at the end of
this function.

Therefore we need to call dst_release just before we return
just like tcp_v4_send_synack does.

Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Eric W. Biederman 2006-01-31 17:51:44 -08:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent f9d9516db7
commit 78b910429e
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@ -515,6 +515,7 @@ static int tcp_v6_send_synack(struct sock *sk, struct request_sock *req,
done:
if (opt && opt != np->opt)
sock_kfree_s(sk, opt, opt->tot_len);
dst_release(dst);
return err;
}