1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index f0eb4e337ec8..17a11e65e57f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -767,6 +767,17 @@ void tcp_release_cb(struct sock *sk)
         if (flags & (1UL << TCP_TSQ_DEFERRED))
                 tcp_tsq_handler(sk);
 
+        /* Here begins the tricky part :
+         * We are called from release_sock() with :
+         * 1) BH disabled
+         * 2) sk_lock.slock spinlock held
+         * 3) socket owned by us (sk->sk_lock.owned == 1)
+         *
+         * But following code is meant to be called from BH handlers,
+         * so we should keep BH disabled, but early release socket ownership
+         */
+        sock_release_ownership(sk);
+
         if (flags & (1UL << TCP_WRITE_TIMER_DEFERRED)) {
                 tcp_write_timer_handler(sk);
                 __sock_put(sk);