Moving dst entries into init_net.loopback_dev is not a good thing. This hides obvious and non-obvious ref-counting bugs.
This patch uses net_ns loopback instead of init_net loopback. This allowes to catch various bugs like recent one in IPv6 DAD handling. Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- ./net/core/dst.c.loop 2007-08-26 19:30:38.000000000 +0400 +++ ./net/core/dst.c 2007-08-26 19:30:38.000000000 +0400 @@ -279,11 +279,11 @@ static inline void dst_ifdown(struct dst if (!unregister) { dst->input = dst->output = dst_discard; } else { - dst->dev = init_net.loopback_dev; + dst->dev = dst->dev->nd_net->loopback_dev; dev_hold(dst->dev); dev_put(dev); if (dst->neighbour && dst->neighbour->dev == dev) { - dst->neighbour->dev = init_net.loopback_dev; + dst->neighbour->dev = dst->dev; dev_put(dev); dev_hold(dst->neighbour->dev); } --- ./net/ipv4/route.c.loop 2007-08-26 19:30:38.000000000 +0400 +++ ./net/ipv4/route.c 2007-08-26 19:30:38.000000000 +0400 @@ -1402,8 +1402,9 @@ static void ipv4_dst_ifdown(struct dst_e { struct rtable *rt = (struct rtable *) dst; struct in_device *idev = rt->idev; - if (dev != init_net.loopback_dev && idev && idev->dev == dev) { - struct in_device *loopback_idev = in_dev_get(init_net.loopback_dev); + if (dev != dev->nd_net->loopback_dev && idev && idev->dev == dev) { + struct in_device *loopback_idev = + in_dev_get(dev->nd_net->loopback_dev); if (loopback_idev) { rt->idev = loopback_idev; in_dev_put(idev); --- ./net/ipv4/xfrm4_policy.c.loop 2007-08-26 19:30:38.000000000 +0400 +++ ./net/ipv4/xfrm4_policy.c 2007-08-26 19:30:38.000000000 +0400 @@ -306,7 +306,8 @@ static void xfrm4_dst_ifdown(struct dst_ xdst = (struct xfrm_dst *)dst; if (xdst->u.rt.idev->dev == dev) { - struct in_device *loopback_idev = in_dev_get(init_net.loopback_dev); + struct in_device *loopback_idev = + in_dev_get(dev->nd_net->loopback_dev); BUG_ON(!loopback_idev); do { --- ./net/ipv6/route.c.loop 2007-08-26 19:30:38.000000000 +0400 +++ ./net/ipv6/route.c 2007-08-26 19:30:38.000000000 +0400 @@ -220,9 +220,12 @@ static void ip6_dst_ifdown(struct dst_en { struct rt6_info *rt = (struct rt6_info *)dst; struct inet6_dev *idev = rt->rt6i_idev; + struct net_device *loopback_dev = + dev->nd_net->loopback_dev; - if (dev != init_net.loopback_dev && idev != NULL && idev->dev == dev) { - struct inet6_dev *loopback_idev = in6_dev_get(init_net.loopback_dev); + if (dev != loopback_dev && idev != NULL && idev->dev == dev) { + struct inet6_dev *loopback_idev = + in6_dev_get(loopback_dev); if (loopback_idev != NULL) { rt->rt6i_idev = loopback_idev; in6_dev_put(idev); @@ -1185,12 +1188,12 @@ int ip6_route_add(struct fib6_config *cf if ((cfg->fc_flags & RTF_REJECT) || (dev && (dev->flags&IFF_LOOPBACK) && !(addr_type&IPV6_ADDR_LOOPBACK))) { /* hold loopback dev/idev if we haven't done so. */ - if (dev != init_net.loopback_dev) { + if (dev != dev->nd_net->loopback_dev) { if (dev) { dev_put(dev); in6_dev_put(idev); } - dev = init_net.loopback_dev; + dev = dev->nd_net->loopback_dev; dev_hold(dev); idev = in6_dev_get(dev); if (!idev) { @@ -1894,13 +1897,13 @@ struct rt6_info *addrconf_dst_alloc(stru if (rt == NULL) return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); - dev_hold(init_net.loopback_dev); + dev_hold(idev->dev->nd_net->loopback_dev); in6_dev_hold(idev); rt->u.dst.flags = DST_HOST; rt->u.dst.input = ip6_input; rt->u.dst.output = ip6_output; - rt->rt6i_dev = init_net.loopback_dev; + rt->rt6i_dev = idev->dev->nd_net->loopback_dev; rt->rt6i_idev = idev; rt->u.dst.metrics[RTAX_MTU-1] = ipv6_get_mtu(rt->rt6i_dev); rt->u.dst.metrics[RTAX_ADVMSS-1] = ipv6_advmss(dst_mtu(&rt->u.dst)); --- ./net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c.loop 2007-08-26 19:30:38.000000000 +0400 +++ ./net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c 2007-08-26 19:30:38.000000000 +0400 @@ -375,7 +375,8 @@ static void xfrm6_dst_ifdown(struct dst_ xdst = (struct xfrm_dst *)dst; if (xdst->u.rt6.rt6i_idev->dev == dev) { - struct inet6_dev *loopback_idev = in6_dev_get(init_net.loopback_dev); + struct inet6_dev *loopback_idev = + in6_dev_get(dev->nd_net->loopback_dev); BUG_ON(!loopback_idev); do { --- ./net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c.loop 2007-08-26 19:30:38.000000000 +0400 +++ ./net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c 2007-08-26 19:30:38.000000000 +0400 @@ -1949,7 +1949,7 @@ static int stale_bundle(struct dst_entry void xfrm_dst_ifdown(struct dst_entry *dst, struct net_device *dev) { while ((dst = dst->child) && dst->xfrm && dst->dev == dev) { - dst->dev = init_net.loopback_dev; + dst->dev = dev->nd_net->loopback_dev; dev_hold(dst->dev); dev_put(dev); } - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html