netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net] net/ipv6: release expired exception dst cached in socket

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Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2024 03:30:32 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Jiri Wiesner <jwiesner@...e.de>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, dsahern@...nel.org,
 edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net] net/ipv6: release expired exception dst cached in
 socket

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Thu, 28 Nov 2024 09:59:50 +0100 you wrote:
> Dst objects get leaked in ip6_negative_advice() when this function is
> executed for an expired IPv6 route located in the exception table. There
> are several conditions that must be fulfilled for the leak to occur:
> * an ICMPv6 packet indicating a change of the MTU for the path is received,
>   resulting in an exception dst being created
> * a TCP connection that uses the exception dst for routing packets must
>   start timing out so that TCP begins retransmissions
> * after the exception dst expires, the FIB6 garbage collector must not run
>   before TCP executes ip6_negative_advice() for the expired exception dst
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [v2,net] net/ipv6: release expired exception dst cached in socket
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/3301ab7d5aeb

You are awesome, thank you!
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