Re: [PATCH RFC v1 net-next 1/4] net: Introduce Qdisc backpressure infrastructure

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Fri,  6 May 2022 12:44:22 -0700
Peilin Ye <yepeilin.cs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> +static inline void qdisc_backpressure_overlimit(struct Qdisc *sch, struct sk_buff *skb)
> +{
> +	struct sock *sk = skb->sk;
> +
> +	if (!sk || !sk_fullsock(sk))
> +		return;
> +
> +	if (cmpxchg(&sk->sk_backpressure_status, SK_UNTHROTTLED, SK_OVERLIMIT) == SK_UNTHROTTLED) {
> +		sock_hold(sk);
> +		list_add_tail(&sk->sk_backpressure_node, &sch->backpressure_list);
> +	}
> +}

What if socket is closed? You are holding reference but application maybe gone.

Or if output is stalled indefinitely?