netdev - [PATCH 03/19] sunrpc: Don't do a dst

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Date:	Tue, 03 Jul 2012 02:46:00 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 03/19] sunrpc: Don't do a dst_confirm() on an input routes.

xs_udp_data_ready() is operating on received packets, and tries to
do a dst_confirm() on the dst attached to the SKB.

This isn't right, dst confirmation is for output routes, not input
routes.  It's for resetting the timers on the nexthop neighbour entry
for the route, indicating that we've got good evidence that we've
successfully reached it.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
---
 net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c |    3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index 890b03f..62d0dac 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -1014,9 +1014,6 @@ static void xs_udp_data_ready(struct sock *sk, int len)

 	UDPX_INC_STATS_BH(sk, UDP_MIB_INDATAGRAMS);

-	/* Something worked... */
-	dst_confirm(skb_dst(skb));
-
 	xprt_adjust_cwnd(task, copied);
 	xprt_complete_rqst(task, copied);

-- 
1.7.10

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