netdev - [PATCH v2] vxlan: Update vxlan fdb 'used' field after each usage

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Date:	Fri, 17 May 2013 09:39:07 -0700
From:	Sridhar Samudrala <sri@...ibm.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net, stephen@...workplumber.org,
	dlstevens@...ibm.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] vxlan: Update vxlan fdb 'used' field after each usage

Fix some instances where vxlan fdb 'used' field is not updated after the entry 
is used.

v2: rename vxlan_find_mac() as __vxlan_find_mac() and create a new vxlan_find_mac()
that also updates ->used field.

Signed-off-by: Sridhar Samudrala <sri@...ibm.com>

---

diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index ba81f3c..3b1d2ee 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ static inline struct hlist_head *vxlan_fdb_head(struct vxlan_dev *vxlan,
 }
 
 /* Look up Ethernet address in forwarding table */
-static struct vxlan_fdb *vxlan_find_mac(struct vxlan_dev *vxlan,
+static struct vxlan_fdb *__vxlan_find_mac(struct vxlan_dev *vxlan,
 					const u8 *mac)
 
 {
@@ -316,6 +316,18 @@ static struct vxlan_fdb *vxlan_find_mac(struct vxlan_dev *vxlan,
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static struct vxlan_fdb *vxlan_find_mac(struct vxlan_dev *vxlan,
+					const u8 *mac)
+{
+	struct vxlan_fdb *f;
+
+	f = __vxlan_find_mac(vxlan, mac);
+	if (f)
+		f->used = jiffies;
+
+	return f;
+}
+
 /* Add/update destinations for multicast */
 static int vxlan_fdb_append(struct vxlan_fdb *f,
 			    __be32 ip, __be16 port, __u32 vni, __u32 ifindex)
@@ -353,7 +365,7 @@ static int vxlan_fdb_create(struct vxlan_dev *vxlan,
 	struct vxlan_fdb *f;
 	int notify = 0;
 
-	f = vxlan_find_mac(vxlan, mac);
+	f = __vxlan_find_mac(vxlan, mac);
 	if (f) {
 		if (flags & NLM_F_EXCL) {
 			netdev_dbg(vxlan->dev,
@@ -563,7 +575,6 @@ static void vxlan_snoop(struct net_device *dev,
 
 	f = vxlan_find_mac(vxlan, src_mac);
 	if (likely(f)) {
-		f->used = jiffies;
 		if (likely(f->remote.remote_ip == src_ip))
 			return;
 


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