netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] xfrm: fix xfrm_dev_event() missing when compile without CONFIG_XFRM

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Message-ID: <20170607105952.GV2631@secunet.com>
Date:   Wed, 7 Jun 2017 12:59:52 +0200
From:   Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
To:     Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com>
CC:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Guy Shapiro <guysh@...lanox.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] xfrm: fix xfrm_dev_event() missing when compile
 without CONFIG_XFRM_OFFLOAD

On Thu, Jun 01, 2017 at 02:57:56PM +0800, Hangbin Liu wrote:
> In commit d77e38e612a0 ("xfrm: Add an IPsec hardware offloading API") we
> make xfrm_device.o only compiled when enable option CONFIG_XFRM_OFFLOAD.
> But this will make xfrm_dev_event() missing if we only enable default XFRM
> options.
> 
> Then if we set down and unregister an interface with IPsec on it. there
> will no xfrm_garbage_collect(), which will cause dev usage count hold and
> get error like:
> 
> unregister_netdevice: waiting for <dev> to become free. Usage count = 4
> 
> Fixes: d77e38e612a0 ("xfrm: Add an IPsec hardware offloading API")
> Signed-off-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com>

Applied, thanks Hangbin!