netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] ipv6: Don't depend on per socket memory for neighbour discovery messages

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Date:	Tue, 03 Sep 2013 11:19:14 -0600
From:	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>
To:	Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>
CC:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>,
	Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ipv6: Don't depend on per socket memory for neighbour
 discovery messages

On 09/03/2013 05:37 AM, Thomas Graf wrote:
> Allocating skbs when sending out neighbour discovery messages
> currently uses sock_alloc_send_skb() based on a per net namespace
> socket and thus share a socket wmem buffer space.
> 
> If a netdevice is temporarily unable to transmit due to carrier
> loss or for other reasons, the queued up ndisc messages will cosnume
> all of the wmem space and will thus prevent from any more skbs to
> be allocated even for netdevices that are able to transmit packets.
> 
> The number of neighbour discovery messages sent is very limited,
> use of alloc_skb() bypasses the socket wmem buffer size enforcement
> while the manual call to skb_set_owner_w() maintains the socket
> reference needed for the IPv6 output path.
> 
> This patch has orginally been posted by Eric Dumazet in a modified
> form.

Tested-by: Stephen Warren <swarren@...dia.com>

Although I do note something slightly odd:

next-20130830 had an issue, and reverting V1 of this patch solved it.

However, in next-20130903, if I revert the revert of V1 of this patch, I
don't see any issue; it appears that the problem was some interaction
between V1 of this patch and something else in next-20130830.

Either way, this patch doesn't seem to introduce any issue when applied
on top of either next-20130830 with V1 reverted, or on top of
next-20130903, so it's fine.
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