netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 6/6] tcp_metrics: Use a single hash table for all network namespaces.

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Date:	Mon, 09 Mar 2015 13:21:27 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, edumazet@...gle.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, stephen@...workplumber.org,
	nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com, roopa@...ulusnetworks.com,
	hannes@...essinduktion.org, ddutt@...ulusnetworks.com,
	vipin@...ulusnetworks.com, shmulik.ladkani@...il.com,
	dsahern@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 6/6] tcp_metrics: Use a single hash table for
 all network namespaces.

On Mon, 2015-03-09 at 14:35 -0500, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> writes:
> 
> > On Mon, 2015-03-09 at 13:31 -0500, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> >
> >> @@ -1167,17 +1173,22 @@ static void __net_exit tcp_net_metrics_exit(struct net *net)
> >>  {
> >>  	unsigned int i;
> >>  
> >> -	for (i = 0; i < (1U << net->ipv4.tcp_metrics_hash_log) ; i++) {
> >> +	if (net != &init_net) {
> >> +		tcp_metrics_flush_all(net);
> >> +		return;
> >> +	}
> >
> > Note this _very_ unlikely (read: not possible) that
> > tcp_net_metrics_exit() will ever be called on init_net
> >
> > So I would remove all this code.
> 
> If the line:
> 	ret = genl_register_family_with_ops(&tcp_metrics_nl_family,
> 					    tcp_metrics_nl_ops);
> 
> fails then this code will be called with net == &init_net.


So, what is wrong calling.

tcp_metrics_flush_all(net)

even if net == &init_net ?

The only code needed after the purge is

kvfree(tcp_metrics_hash);



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