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authorEric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>2012-07-31 01:08:23 +0000
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2012-07-31 14:41:38 -0700
commit54764bb647b2e847c512acf8d443df965da35000 (patch)
tree3918f6f42679d0ebdcef230f28285f99d178be62 /include/net/ip_fib.h
parent5a0d513b622ee41e117fc37e26e27e8ef42e8dae (diff)
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 'include/net/ip_fib.h')
-rw-r--r--include/net/ip_fib.h4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/ip_fib.h b/include/net/ip_fib.h
index e69c3a47153..e521a03515b 100644
--- a/include/net/ip_fib.h
+++ b/include/net/ip_fib.h
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ struct fib_nh {
__be32 nh_gw;
__be32 nh_saddr;
int nh_saddr_genid;
- struct rtable *nh_rth_output;
- struct rtable *nh_rth_input;
+ struct rtable __rcu *nh_rth_output;
+ struct rtable __rcu *nh_rth_input;
struct fnhe_hash_bucket *nh_exceptions;
};