netdev - [PATCH 3/3] ipv4: Don't report stale pmtu values to userspace

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Message-ID: <20121008084853.GE15622@secunet.com>
Date:	Mon, 8 Oct 2012 10:48:53 +0200
From:	Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] ipv4: Don't report stale pmtu values to userspace

We report cached pmtu values even if they are already expired.
Change this to not report these values after they are expired.

Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
---
 net/ipv4/route.c |   17 +++++++++--------
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index 741df67..24b52dd 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -2187,8 +2187,16 @@ static int rt_fill_info(struct net *net,  __be32 dst, __be32 src,
 	    nla_put_be32(skb, RTA_GATEWAY, rt->rt_gateway))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
+	expires = rt->dst.expires;
+	if (expires) {
+		if (time_before(jiffies, expires))
+			expires -= jiffies;
+		else
+			expires = 0;
+	}
+
 	memcpy(metrics, dst_metrics_ptr(&rt->dst), sizeof(metrics));
-	if (rt->rt_pmtu)
+	if (rt->rt_pmtu && expires)
 		metrics[RTAX_MTU - 1] = rt->rt_pmtu;
 	if (rtnetlink_put_metrics(skb, metrics) < 0)
 		goto nla_put_failure;
@@ -2198,13 +2206,6 @@ static int rt_fill_info(struct net *net,  __be32 dst, __be32 src,
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
 	error = rt->dst.error;
-	expires = rt->dst.expires;
-	if (expires) {
-		if (time_before(jiffies, expires))
-			expires -= jiffies;
-		else
-			expires = 0;
-	}
 
 	if (rt_is_input_route(rt)) {
 		if (nla_put_u32(skb, RTA_IIF, rt->rt_iif))
-- 
1.7.0.4

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