netdev - Re: [patch net] mlxsw: spectrum_router: Flush FIB tables during fini

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Date:   Mon, 14 Nov 2016 16:46:03 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     jiri@...nulli.us
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, idosch@...lanox.com, eladr@...lanox.com,
        yotamg@...lanox.com, nogahf@...lanox.com, arkadis@...lanox.com,
        ogerlitz@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [patch net] mlxsw: spectrum_router: Flush FIB tables during
 fini

From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2016 11:26:32 +0100

> From: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
> 
> Since commit b45f64d16d45 ("mlxsw: spectrum_router: Use FIB notifications
> instead of switchdev calls") we reflect to the device the entire FIB
> table and not only FIBs that point to netdevs created by the driver.
> 
> During module removal, FIBs of the second type are removed following
> NETDEV_UNREGISTER events sent. The other FIBs are still present in both
> the driver's cache and the device's table.
> 
> Fix this by iterating over all the FIB tables in the device and flush
> them. There's no need to take locks, as we're the only writer.
> 
> Fixes: b45f64d16d45 ("mlxsw: spectrum_router: Use FIB notifications instead of switchdev calls")
> Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>

Applied, thanks Jiri.