of its UDP and PPPoL2TP sockets. This patch makes sure that the driver uses sock_hold() when it holds a reference to the sk pointer. This affects its sendmsg(), recvmsg(), getname(), [gs]etsockopt() and ioctl() handlers. Tested by ISP where problem was seen. System has been up 10 days with no oops since running this patch. Without the patch, an oops would occur every 1-2 days. Signed-off-by: James Chapman Signed-off-by: David S. Miller xÇT,ž;x