Thread (5 messages) 5 messages, 2 authors, 2012-07-31

Re: [PATCH v2] ipv4: Restore old dst_free() behavior.

From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2012-07-31 21:42:20

From: Eric Dumazet <redacted>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:08:23 +0200
[PATCH v2] ipv4: Restore old dst_free() behavior

commit 404e0a8b6a55 (net: ipv4: fix RCU races on dst refcounts) tried
to solve a race but added a problem at device/fib dismantle time :

We really want to call dst_free() as soon as possible, even if sockets
still have dst in their cache.
dst_release() calls in free_fib_info_rcu() are not welcomed.

Root of the problem was that now we also cache output routes (in
nh_rth_output), we must use call_rcu() instead of call_rcu_bh() in
rt_free(), because output route lookups are done in process context.

Based on feedback and initial patch from David Miller (adding another
call_rcu_bh() call in fib, but it appears it was not the right fix)

I left the inet_sk_rx_dst_set() helper and added __rcu attributes
to nh_rth_output and nh_rth_input to better document what is going on in
this code.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Applied, thanks Eric.
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