netdev - Re: addrconf: refcnt with IPV6

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Date:	Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:08:57 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Pekka Savola (ipv6)" <pekkas@...core.fi>,
	Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>
Subject: Re: addrconf: refcnt with  IPV6_PRIVACY enabled

Le mardi 23 novembre 2010 à 16:53 +0200, Sergey Senozhatsky a écrit :
>  
> > ipv6_regen_rndid() is the timer handler function, it must call
> > in6_dev_put() at the end, unless we rearm the timer.
> > 
> > So this code is correct.
> > 
> > 
> > if (!mod_timer(&idev->regen_timer, expires))
> > 	in6_dev_hold(idev);
> > ...
> > in6_dev_put(idev);
> >
> 
> Even if in6_dev_hold hasn't been called from ipv6_regen_rndid?
> 


Yes.

Rules are :

in6_dev_hold() when arming timer, so that device doesnt disappear while
timer handler might run and need it.

in6_dev_put() when timer handler finishes




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