netdev - Re: [PATCH] [PATCH net] net: Do not hold the reference for the same sk_rx

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Date:   Thu, 16 Mar 2017 11:01:12 +0100
From:   Jakub Sitnicki <jkbs@...hat.com>
To:     Kevin Xu <kaiwen.xu@...u.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [PATCH net] net: Do not hold the reference for the same sk_rx_dst.

On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 08:08 AM GMT, Kevin Xu wrote:
> In some rare cases, inet_sk_rx_dst_set() may be called multiple times
> on the same dst, causing reference count leakage. Eventually, it
> prevents net_device to be destroyed. The bug then manifested as
>
> unregister_netdevice: waiting for lo to become free. Usage count = 1
>
> in the kernel log, preventing new network namespace creation.
>
> The patch works around the issue by checking whether the socket already
> has the same dst set.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Xu <kaiwen.xu@...u.com>
> ---

FWIW, with this patch applied I'm still sometimes seeing:

[  125.928095] unregister_netdevice: waiting for lo to become free. Usage count = 1

-Jakub