netdev - Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: set dst.obsolete when a cached route has expired

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Date:   Mon, 28 Aug 2017 15:45:39 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     lucien.xin@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, hannes@...essinduktion.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: set dst.obsolete when a cached route has
 expired

From: Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2017 20:10:10 +0800

> Now it doesn't check for the cached route expiration in ipv6's
> dst_ops->check(), because it trusts dst_gc that would clean the
> cached route up when it's expired.
> 
> The problem is in dst_gc, it would clean the cached route only
> when it's refcount is 1. If some other module (like xfrm) keeps
> holding it and the module only release it when dst_ops->check()
> fails.
> 
> But without checking for the cached route expiration, .check()
> may always return true. Meanwhile, without releasing the cached
> route, dst_gc couldn't del it. It will cause this cached route
> never to expire.
> 
> This patch is to set dst.obsolete with DST_OBSOLETE_KILL in .gc
> when it's expired, and check obsolete != DST_OBSOLETE_FORCE_CHK
> in .check.
> 
> Note that this is even needed when ipv6 dst_gc timer is removed
> one day. It would set dst.obsolete in .redirect and .update_pmtu
> instead, and check for cached route expiration when getting it,
> just like what ipv4 route does.
> 
> Reported-by: Jianlin Shi <jishi@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>
> Acked-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.