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.
next prev parent 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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