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authorEric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>2012-07-31 05:08:23 +0400
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2012-08-01 01:41:38 +0400
commit54764bb647b2e847c512acf8d443df965da35000 (patch)
tree3918f6f42679d0ebdcef230f28285f99d178be62 /net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
parent5a0d513b622ee41e117fc37e26e27e8ef42e8dae (diff)
downloadlinux-54764bb647b2e847c512acf8d443df965da35000.tar.xz
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> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c')
-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c21
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
index e55171f184f9..625cf185c489 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
@@ -161,6 +161,21 @@ static void free_nh_exceptions(struct fib_nh *nh)
kfree(hash);
}
+static void rt_nexthop_free(struct rtable __rcu **rtp)
+{
+ struct rtable *rt = rcu_dereference_protected(*rtp, 1);
+
+ if (!rt)
+ return;
+
+ /* Not even needed : RCU_INIT_POINTER(*rtp, NULL);
+ * because we waited an RCU grace period before calling
+ * free_fib_info_rcu()
+ */
+
+ dst_free(&rt->dst);
+}
+
/* Release a nexthop info record */
static void free_fib_info_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
{
@@ -171,10 +186,8 @@ static void free_fib_info_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
dev_put(nexthop_nh->nh_dev);
if (nexthop_nh->nh_exceptions)
free_nh_exceptions(nexthop_nh);
- if (nexthop_nh->nh_rth_output)
- dst_release(&nexthop_nh->nh_rth_output->dst);
- if (nexthop_nh->nh_rth_input)
- dst_release(&nexthop_nh->nh_rth_input->dst);
+ rt_nexthop_free(&nexthop_nh->nh_rth_output);
+ rt_nexthop_free(&nexthop_nh->nh_rth_input);
} endfor_nexthops(fi);
release_net(fi->fib_net);