netdev - Re: [RFC] xfrm: netdevice unregistration during decryption

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Date:	Wed, 9 Mar 2016 10:20:45 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	subashab@...eaurora.org
Cc:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] xfrm: netdevice unregistration during decryption

On Tue, Mar 08, 2016 at 07:16:23PM -0700, subashab@...eaurora.org wrote:
>
> 2. Encrypted packet queued for decryption (asynchronous)
> 
> static int esp_input(struct xfrm_state *x, struct sk_buff *skb)
> ...
>          aead_request_set_callback(req, 0, esp_input_done, skb);

I suppose we'll have to hold onto the device at this point.  We
may have to hold onto other resources too.

> Would it make sense here to detect the device going away here using a
> netdev notifier callback and free the packets after the asynchronous
> callback returns.

The same path is used for synchronous processing so you can't just
change it to netif_rx_ni unconditionally.

Cheers,
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