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From: Gao feng <gaofeng@cn•fujitsu.com>
To: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail•com>
Cc: davem@davemloft•net, netdev@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv6: Fix problem with expired dst cache
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:21:50 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F473A8E.9080402@cn.fujitsu.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1330066268.15610.48.camel@edumazet-laptop>

于 2012年02月24日 14:51, Eric Dumazet 写道:
> Le vendredi 24 février 2012 à 14:20 +0800, Gao feng a écrit :
>> if the ipv6 dst cache copy from the dst witch generated by ICMPV6 RA packet.
>> this dst cache will not be checked expire because it has no RTF_EXPIRES flag
>> So this dst cache always be used until the dst gc run.
>>
>> add a pointer in struct rt6_info,point to where the dst cache copy from.
>> in func rt6_check_expired check if rt6->info->rt6i_copy is expired.
>>
> 
> Sorry, I really dont understand what you are saying.

Just because ipv6 dst cache has no RTF_EXPIRES flag,
so even this dst cache has expired,it will be used until the gc run.

> 
> Also, adding a pointer to a structure without holding a reference on it
> is suspicious.
> 

OK,I think there is no use to hold a reference.
the dst cache will be deleted before the pointer,
So this pointer will be always usefull.

  reply	other threads:[~2012-02-24  7:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-02-24  6:20 [PATCH] ipv6: Fix problem with expired dst cache Gao feng
2012-02-24  6:47 ` David Miller
2012-02-24  7:10   ` Gao feng
2012-02-24  9:27   ` Gao feng
2012-02-24  6:51 ` Eric Dumazet
2012-02-24  7:21   ` Gao feng [this message]
2012-02-27  6:36 ` [PATCH V2] " Gao feng
2012-02-29  9:26   ` Gao feng
2012-02-29  9:45     ` [PATCH] " Gao feng
2012-02-29  9:52       ` Gao feng
2012-02-29 10:07     ` [PATCH v3] " Gao feng
2012-02-29 12:14       ` Eric Dumazet
2012-03-01  0:43         ` Gao feng
2012-03-05  3:53 ` [PATCH v4] " Gao feng
2012-03-05  5:05   ` David Miller
2012-03-05  7:10     ` Gao feng
2012-03-05  7:16 ` [PATCH v5] " Gao feng
2012-03-06  7:01   ` RongQing Li
2012-03-06  7:10     ` RongQing Li
2012-03-17  5:33   ` David Miller
2012-03-19  0:49     ` Gao feng
2012-03-22  2:47       ` David Miller
2012-04-06 10:13 ` [PATCH v6] ipv6: fix " Gao feng
2012-04-13 16:58   ` David Miller
2012-04-16 13:34     ` [PATCH] ipv6: fix rt6_update_expires Jiri Bohac
2012-04-18  2:24       ` Gao feng
2012-04-18  2:32         ` David Miller
2012-04-16 13:35     ` [PATCH] ipv6: clean up rt6_clean_expires Jiri Bohac
2012-04-18  2:32       ` David Miller

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