netdev - Re: [PATCH ipsec] xfrm: release dst_orig in case of error in xfrm

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Date:	Thu, 12 Feb 2015 10:50:04 +0100
From:	Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
To:	Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
CC:	<herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, huaibin Wang <huaibin.wang@...nd.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH ipsec] xfrm: release dst_orig in case of error in
 xfrm_lookup()

On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 06:10:36PM +0100, Nicolas Dichtel wrote:
> From: huaibin Wang <huaibin.wang@...nd.com>
> 
> dst_orig should be released on error. Function like __xfrm_route_forward()
> expects that behavior.
> Since a recent commit, xfrm_lookup() may also be called by xfrm_lookup_route(),
> which expects the opposite.
> Let's introduce a new flag (XFRM_LOOKUP_KEEP_DST_REF) to tell what should be
> done in case of error.
> 
> Fixes: f92ee61982d("xfrm: Generate blackhole routes only from route lookup functions")
> Signed-off-by: huaibin Wang <huaibin.wang@...nd.com>
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>

Applied, thanks everyone!
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