1. 18 Jun, 2017 4 commits
    • Wei Wang's avatar
      net: introduce DST_NOGC in dst_release() to destroy dst based on refcnt · 5f56f409
      Wei Wang authored
      The current mechanism of freeing dst is a bit complicated. dst has its
      ref count and when user grabs the reference to the dst, the ref count is
      properly taken in most cases except in IPv4/IPv6/decnet/xfrm routing
      code due to some historic reasons.
      
      If the reference to dst is always taken properly, we should be able to
      simplify the logic in dst_release() to destroy dst when dst->__refcnt
      drops from 1 to 0. And this should be the only condition to determine
      if we can call dst_destroy().
      And as dst is always ref counted, there is no need for a dst garbage
      list to hold the dst entries that already get removed by the routing
      code but are still held by other users. And the task to periodically
      check the list to free dst if ref count become 0 is also not needed
      anymore.
      
      This patch introduces a temporary flag DST_NOGC(no garbage collector).
      If it is set in the dst, dst_release() will call dst_destroy() when
      dst->__refcnt drops to 0. dst_hold_safe() will also check for this flag
      and do atomic_inc_not_zero() similar as DST_NOCACHE to avoid double free
      issue.
      This temporary flag is mainly used so that we can make the transition
      component by component without breaking other parts.
      This flag will be removed after all components are properly transitioned.
      
      This patch also introduces a new function dst_release_immediate() which
      destroys dst without waiting on the rcu when refcnt drops to 0. It will
      be used in later patches.
      
      Follow-up patches will correct all the places to properly take ref count
      on dst and mark DST_NOGC. dst_release() or dst_release_immediate() will
      be used to release the dst instead of dst_free() and its related
      functions.
      And final clean-up patch will remove the DST_NOGC flag.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarWei Wang <weiwan@google.com>
      Acked-by: default avatarMartin KaFai Lau <kafai@fb.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
      5f56f409
    • Wei Wang's avatar
      net: use loopback dev when generating blackhole route · 1dbe3252
      Wei Wang authored
      Existing ipv4/6_blackhole_route() code generates a blackhole route
      with dst->dev pointing to the passed in dst->dev.
      It is not necessary to hold reference to the passed in dst->dev
      because the packets going through this route are dropped anyway.
      A loopback interface is good enough so that we don't need to worry about
      releasing this dst->dev when this dev is going down.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarWei Wang <weiwan@google.com>
      Acked-by: default avatarMartin KaFai Lau <kafai@fb.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
      1dbe3252
    • Wei Wang's avatar
      udp: call dst_hold_safe() in udp_sk_rx_set_dst() · d24406c8
      Wei Wang authored
      In udp_v4/6_early_demux() code, we try to hold dst->__refcnt for
      dst with DST_NOCACHE flag. This is because later in udp_sk_rx_dst_set()
      function, we will try to cache this dst in sk for connected case.
      However, a better way to achieve this is to not try to hold dst in
      early_demux(), but in udp_sk_rx_dst_set(), call dst_hold_safe(). This
      approach is also more consistant with how tcp is handling it. And it
      will make later changes simpler.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarWei Wang <weiwan@google.com>
      Acked-by: default avatarMartin KaFai Lau <kafai@fb.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
      d24406c8
    • Wei Wang's avatar
      ipv6: remove unnecessary dst_hold() in ip6_fragment() · 1758fd46
      Wei Wang authored
      In ipv6 tx path, rcu_read_lock() is taken so that dst won't get freed
      during the execution of ip6_fragment(). Hence, no need to hold dst in
      it.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarWei Wang <weiwan@google.com>
      Acked-by: default avatarMartin KaFai Lau <kafai@fb.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
      1758fd46
  2. 16 Jun, 2017 36 commits