netdev - Re: [PATCH] net : fix for dst_gc_task not getting scheduled if __dst

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Date:	Sat, 19 May 2012 14:36:45 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	b15745@...escale.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net : fix for dst_gc_task not getting scheduled if
 __dst_free() is called consistently

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 12:04:23 +0200

> On Sat, 2012-05-19 at 04:44 -0500, b15745@...escale.com wrote:
>> From: Rajan Gupta <b15745@...escale.com>
>> 
>> dst_gc_work is cancelled and again rescheduled in __ds_free(). In case
>> __dsf_free() is consistently called dst_gc_work will never get called resulting in
>> memory not getting freed at all until one stops calling __dst_free
>> Signed-off-by: Rajan Gupta <b15745@...escale.com>
>> ---
>>  net/core/dst.c |    1 -
>>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/net/core/dst.c b/net/core/dst.c
>> index 8246d47..6820206 100644
>> --- a/net/core/dst.c
>> +++ b/net/core/dst.c
>> @@ -215,7 +215,6 @@ void __dst_free(struct dst_entry *dst)
>>  	if (dst_garbage.timer_inc > DST_GC_INC) {
>>  		dst_garbage.timer_inc = DST_GC_INC;
>>  		dst_garbage.timer_expires = DST_GC_MIN;
>> -		cancel_delayed_work(&dst_gc_work);
>>  		schedule_delayed_work(&dst_gc_work, dst_garbage.timer_expires);
>>  	}
>>  	spin_unlock_bh(&dst_garbage.lock);
> 
> Strange, I never met this....
> 
> Since "if (dst_garbage.timer_inc > DST_GC_INC)" will be false if
> timer_inc is DST_GC_INC.

I'm not considering this patch at all until we figure out what
the real situation is here.
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