net: tcp: Fix TCP connection ref counting
The net_context/TCP connection context ref counting needed to be fixed,
to avoid situation where TCP connection context could be released
before net_context is released.
Generally, this commit modifies the ref counting of the above as
follows:
* net_context is referenced both by the application and TCP stack, when
created.
* TCP context is referenced by the application when created. The TCP
stack adds ref to the TCP context only after connection has been
established.
* TCP stack needs to call the final upper layer callback when connection
is closed, but before the TCP context is released (i. e. to give upper
layer chance to dereference the context on its side). For this,
tcp_conn_close() was introduced which is called from within TCP stack
instead of directly dereferencing the TCP context.
* TCP stack dereferences the net_context only after the TCP context has
been released (i. e. upper layer has dereferenced TCP context on it's
side and connection has been tear down, if established).
Signed-off-by:
Robert Lubos <robert.lubos@nordicsemi.no>
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