netdev - Re: [PATCH net 2/2] net: ip6mr: fix static mfc/dev leaks on table destruction

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Date:	Fri, 20 Nov 2015 10:52:49 -0800
From:	Cong Wang <cwang@...pensource.com>
To:	Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>,
	Benjamin Thery <benjamin.thery@...l.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 2/2] net: ip6mr: fix static mfc/dev leaks on table destruction

On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 4:54 AM, Nikolay Aleksandrov
<razor@...ckwall.org> wrote:
> From: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>
>
> Similar to ipv4, when destroying an mrt table the static mfc entries and
> the static devices are kept, which leads to devices that can never be
> destroyed (because of refcnt taken) and leaked memory. Make sure that
> everything is cleaned up on netns destruction.
>
> Fixes: 8229efdaef1e ("netns: ip6mr: enable namespace support in ipv6 multicast forwarding code")
> CC: Benjamin Thery <benjamin.thery@...l.net>
> Signed-off-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>

Reviewed-by: Cong Wang <cwang@...pensource.com>
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