netdev - Re: [RFC] net: release dst entry in dev_queue

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Date:	Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:20:55 +0100
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>
CC:	Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] net: release dst entry in dev_queue_xmit()

Jarek Poplawski wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 09:28:37PM +0100, Eric Dumazet wrote:
>   
>> Jarek Poplawski a écrit :
>>
>>     
>>> I guess you've considered the loopback too...
>>>
>>>       
>> I had for the first patch (carefuly avoiding loopback being not responsive) :
>> I was releasing dst only if enqueue() was called.
>>
>> You are right, loopback doesnt work anymore with last patch,
>> and I have no idea why...
>>
>> Do you know why ?
>>     
>
> Hmm.. isn't this test for dst == NULL in ip_rcv_finish expected to be
> negative for loopback source?

ip_route_input() doesn't accept loopback addresses, so loopback packets
already need to have a dst_entry attached.
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