From: Eric Dumazet <eric.duma...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2016 05:18:24 +0200
> From: Eric Dumazet <eduma...@google.com>
>
> inet_forward_change() runs with RTNL held.
> We are allowed to sleep if required.
>
> If we use __in_dev_get_rtnl() instead of __in_dev_get_rcu(),
> we no longer have to use GFP_ATOMIC allocations in
> inet_netconf_notify_devconf(), meaning we are less likely to miss
> notifications under memory pressure, and wont touch precious memory
> reserves either and risk dropping incoming packets.
>
> inet_netconf_get_devconf() can also use GFP_KERNEL allocation.
>
> Fixes: edc9e748934c ("rtnl/ipv4: use netconf msg to advertise forwarding
> status")
> Fixes: 9e5511106f99 ("rtnl/ipv4: add support of RTM_GETNETCONF")
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eduma...@google.com>
> Cc: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dich...@6wind.com>
Applied.
