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authorTimo Teras <timo.teras@iki.fi>2009-06-11 13:16:28 +0200
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-06-11 13:16:28 +0200
commit5ef12d98a19254ee5dc851bd83e214b43ec1f725 (patch)
tree703846f5298cca8f8a9f95712d47365e1de1df4a /net/core
parentnet: No more expensive sock_hold()/sock_put() on each tx (diff)
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neigh: fix state transition INCOMPLETE->FAILED via Netlink request
The current code errors out the INCOMPLETE neigh entry skb queue only from the timer if maximum probes have been attempted and there has been no reply. This also causes the transtion to FAILED state. However, the neigh entry can be also updated via Netlink to inform that the address is unavailable. Currently, neigh_update() just stops the timers and leaves the pending skb's unreleased. This results that the clean up code in the timer callback is never called, preventing also proper garbage collection. This fixes neigh_update() to process the pending skb queue immediately if INCOMPLETE -> FAILED state transtion occurs due to a Netlink request. Signed-off-by: Timo Teras <timo.teras@iki.fi> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/core')
-rw-r--r--net/core/neighbour.c46
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/neighbour.c b/net/core/neighbour.c
index c54229befcfe..163b4f5b0365 100644
--- a/net/core/neighbour.c
+++ b/net/core/neighbour.c
@@ -771,6 +771,28 @@ static __inline__ int neigh_max_probes(struct neighbour *n)
p->ucast_probes + p->app_probes + p->mcast_probes);
}
+static void neigh_invalidate(struct neighbour *neigh)
+{
+ struct sk_buff *skb;
+
+ NEIGH_CACHE_STAT_INC(neigh->tbl, res_failed);
+ NEIGH_PRINTK2("neigh %p is failed.\n", neigh);
+ neigh->updated = jiffies;
+
+ /* It is very thin place. report_unreachable is very complicated
+ routine. Particularly, it can hit the same neighbour entry!
+
+ So that, we try to be accurate and avoid dead loop. --ANK
+ */
+ while (neigh->nud_state == NUD_FAILED &&
+ (skb = __skb_dequeue(&neigh->arp_queue)) != NULL) {
+ write_unlock(&neigh->lock);
+ neigh->ops->error_report(neigh, skb);
+ write_lock(&neigh->lock);
+ }
+ skb_queue_purge(&neigh->arp_queue);
+}
+
/* Called when a timer expires for a neighbour entry. */
static void neigh_timer_handler(unsigned long arg)
@@ -835,26 +857,9 @@ static void neigh_timer_handler(unsigned long arg)
if ((neigh->nud_state & (NUD_INCOMPLETE | NUD_PROBE)) &&
atomic_read(&neigh->probes) >= neigh_max_probes(neigh)) {
- struct sk_buff *skb;
-
neigh->nud_state = NUD_FAILED;
- neigh->updated = jiffies;
notify = 1;
- NEIGH_CACHE_STAT_INC(neigh->tbl, res_failed);
- NEIGH_PRINTK2("neigh %p is failed.\n", neigh);
-
- /* It is very thin place. report_unreachable is very complicated
- routine. Particularly, it can hit the same neighbour entry!
-
- So that, we try to be accurate and avoid dead loop. --ANK
- */
- while (neigh->nud_state == NUD_FAILED &&
- (skb = __skb_dequeue(&neigh->arp_queue)) != NULL) {
- write_unlock(&neigh->lock);
- neigh->ops->error_report(neigh, skb);
- write_lock(&neigh->lock);
- }
- skb_queue_purge(&neigh->arp_queue);
+ neigh_invalidate(neigh);
}
if (neigh->nud_state & NUD_IN_TIMER) {
@@ -1001,6 +1006,11 @@ int neigh_update(struct neighbour *neigh, const u8 *lladdr, u8 new,
neigh->nud_state = new;
err = 0;
notify = old & NUD_VALID;
+ if ((old & (NUD_INCOMPLETE | NUD_PROBE)) &&
+ (new & NUD_FAILED)) {
+ neigh_invalidate(neigh);
+ notify = 1;
+ }
goto out;
}