Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index 4bb1ff9fd15..010e14a93c9 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -1217,9 +1217,13 @@ static inline int skb_copy_to_page(struct sock *sk, char __user *from,
 
 static inline void skb_set_owner_w(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sock *sk)
 {
-	sock_hold(sk);
 	skb->sk = sk;
 	skb->destructor = sock_wfree;
+	/*
+	 * We used to take a refcount on sk, but following operation
+	 * is enough to guarantee sk_free() wont free this sock until
+	 * all in-flight packets are completed
+	 */
 	atomic_add(skb->truesize, &sk->sk_wmem_alloc);
 }