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>
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
index e55171f..625cf18 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
@@ -161,6 +161,21 @@
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 @@
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);