netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net_sched: fq: take care of throttled flows before reuse

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Date:   Wed, 02 May 2018 16:38:43 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     edumazet@...gle.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net_sched: fq: take care of throttled flows before
 reuse

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Date: Wed,  2 May 2018 10:03:30 -0700

> Normally, a socket can not be freed/reused unless all its TX packets
> left qdisc and were TX-completed. However connect(AF_UNSPEC) allows
> this to happen.
> 
> With commit fc59d5bdf1e3 ("pkt_sched: fq: clear time_next_packet for
> reused flows") we cleared f->time_next_packet but took no special
> action if the flow was still in the throttled rb-tree.
> 
> Since f->time_next_packet is the key used in the rb-tree searches,
> blindly clearing it might break rb-tree integrity. We need to make
> sure the flow is no longer in the rb-tree to avoid this problem.
> 
> Fixes: fc59d5bdf1e3 ("pkt_sched: fq: clear time_next_packet for reused flows")
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks Eric.