[PATCH] Re: unix_getname buglet - > 2.5.4(?)

[Ray Lee]

On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 04:06, Michael Meeks wrote:
> 	Evolution is non-functioning on recent 2.5.X kernels, due to
> mal-performance in getpeername => net/unix/af_unix.c (unix_getname),
> where it seems we switch 'sk' on 'peer', but not the (previously)
> typecast pointer to it; this fixes it.

<snip> Your patch was MailerMangled(tm). Below is what I'm running on
2.5.54, using Evolution. The patch is obviously correct (once you look
at the full code, anyway).

Linus, please apply.

Ray

diff -Nurx /home/ray/work/dontdiff linux-2.5.54/net/unix/af_unix.c linux-2.5.54-af_unix.c-fix/net/unix/af_unix.c
--- linux-2.5.54/net/unix/af_unix.c	2003-01-07 09:22:29.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.5.54-af_unix.c-fix/net/unix/af_unix.c	2003-01-07 09:55:19.000000000 -0800
@@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@
 static int unix_getname(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uaddr, int *uaddr_len, int peer)
 {
 	struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
-	struct unix_sock *u = unix_sk(sk);
+	struct unix_sock *u;
 	struct sockaddr_un *sunaddr=(struct sockaddr_un *)uaddr;
 	int err = 0;
 
@@ -1124,6 +1124,7 @@
 		sock_hold(sk);
 	}
 
+	u = unix_sk(sk);
 	unix_state_rlock(sk);
 	if (!u->addr) {
 		sunaddr->sun_family = AF_UNIX;