netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv6: anycast: use call_rcu_hurry() in aca

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Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 12:51:59 -0600
From: David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>
To: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, "David S . Miller"
 <davem@...emloft.net>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
 Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv6: anycast: use call_rcu_hurry() in aca_put()

On 4/29/24 12:36 PM, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> This is a followup of commit b5327b9a300e ("ipv6: use
> call_rcu_hurry() in fib6_info_release()").
> 
> I had another pmtu.sh failure, and found another lazy
> call_rcu() causing this failure.
> 
> aca_free_rcu() calls fib6_info_release() which releases
> devices references.
> 
> We must not delay it too much or risk unregister_netdevice/ref_tracker
> traces because references to netdev are not released in time.
> 
> This should speedup device/netns dismantles when CONFIG_RCU_LAZY=y
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> ---
>  net/ipv6/anycast.c | 5 ++---
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>