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Message-ID: <20170127122111.GA2495@salvia>
Date:   Fri, 27 Jan 2017 13:21:11 +0100
From:   Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:     Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>
Cc:     Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>, David Windsor <dwindsor@...il.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com,
        netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, lvs-devel@...r.kernel.org,
        wensong@...ux-vs.org, keescook@...omium.org,
        elena.reshetova@...el.com, ishkamiel@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net] net: free ip_vs_dest structs when refcnt=0

On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 09:07:38AM +0100, Simon Horman wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 10:49:10PM +0200, Julian Anastasov wrote:
> > 
> > 	Hello,
> > 
> > On Mon, 23 Jan 2017, David Windsor wrote:
> > 
> > > Currently, the ip_vs_dest cache frees ip_vs_dest objects when their
> > > reference count becomes < 0.  Aside from not being semantically sound,
> > > this is problematic for the new type refcount_t, which will be introduced
> > > shortly in a separate patch. refcount_t is the new kernel type for
> > > holding reference counts, and provides overflow protection and a
> > > constrained interface relative to atomic_t (the type currently being
> > > used for kernel reference counts).
> > > 
> > > Per Julian Anastasov: "The problem is that dest_trash currently holds
> > > deleted dests (unlinked from RCU lists) with refcnt=0."  Changing
> > > dest_trash to hold dest with refcnt=1 will allow us to free ip_vs_dest
> > > structs when their refcnt=0, in ip_vs_dest_put_and_free().
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: David Windsor <dwindsor@...il.com>
> > 
> > 	Thanks! I tested the first version and this one
> > just adds the needed changes in comments, so
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>
> > 
> > 	Simon and Pablo, this is more appropriate for
> > ipvs-next/nf-next. Please apply!
> 
> Pablo, would you mind taking this one directly into nf-next?
> 
> Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>

Sure, no problem. I'll take it. Thanks!