On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 08:53:06PM +0300, Alexey Kodanev wrote:
> A new RTF_CACHE route can be created with the socket's dst cache
> update between the below calls in udpv6_sendmsg(), when datagram
> sending results to ICMPV6_PKT_TOOBIG error:
>
>dst = ip6_sk_dst_lookup_flow(...)
>...
> release_dst:
> if (dst) {
> if (connected) {
> ip6_dst_store(sk, dst)
>
> Therefore, the new socket's dst cache reset to the old one on
> "release_dst:".
>
> The first two patches prepare the code to store dst cache
> with ip6_sk_dst_lookup_flow():
>
> * the first patch adds ip6_dst_store_flow() function with
> commonly used source and destiantion addresses checks using
> the flow information.
>
> * the second patch adds new argument to ip6_sk_dst_lookup_flow()
> and ability to store dst in the socket's cache. Also, the two
> users of the function are updated without enabling the new
> behavior: pingv6_sendmsg() and udpv6_sendmsg().
>
> The last patch contains the actual fix that removes sk dst cache
> update in the end of udpv6_sendmsg(), and allows to do it in
> ip6_sk_dst_lookup_flow().
>
> v4: * fix the error in the build of ip_dst_store_flow() reported by
> kbuild test robot due to missing checks for CONFIG_IPV6: add
> new function to ip6_output.c instead of ip6_route.h
Thanks for the patches!
Instead of ip6_output.c, would net/ipv6/route.c be a better
place for the new ip6_sk_dst_store_flow()?
Others LGTM.
> * add 'const' to struct flowi6 in ip6_dst_store_flow()
> * minor commit messages fixes
>
> v3: * instead of moving ip6_dst_store() above udp_v6_send_skb(),
> update socket's dst cache inside ip6_sk_dst_lookup_flow()
> if the current one is invalid
> * the issue not reproduced in 4.1, but starting from 4.2. Add
> one more 'Fixes:' commit that creates new RTF_CACHE route.
> Though, it is also mentioned in the first one
>
>
> Alexey Kodanev (3):
> ipv6: add a wrapper for ip6_dst_store() with flowi6 checks
> ipv6: allow to cache dst for a connected sk in ip6_sk_dst_lookup_flow()
> ipv6: udp6: set dst cache for a connected sk if current not valid
>
> include/net/ipv6.h| 6 --
> net/ipv6/datagram.c | 9 +
> net/ipv6/ip6_output.c | 32 +---
> net/ipv6/ping.c | 2 +-
> net/ipv6/udp.c| 21 ++---
> 5 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 1.8.3.1
>
