summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/net/core/dst.c
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorXie Xiaobo <xiaobo.xie@nxp.com>2017-12-12 08:12:33 (GMT)
committerXie Xiaobo <xiaobo.xie@nxp.com>2017-12-12 08:12:33 (GMT)
commitc0246a9ec4d461ef4dd7647f94005380bb9e7f0b (patch)
tree7588601aa6ce98f5e9fd083a1b351d9023c0b295 /net/core/dst.c
parent50fd1a6d79d48a7c35890aecce5a5d6b872a461d (diff)
parent56f4a560c6d6318b5a8e18a1b3e44909a5158d1e (diff)
downloadlinux-c0246a9ec4d461ef4dd7647f94005380bb9e7f0b.tar.xz
Merge Linaro linux 4.9.62 into linux-4.9
Signed-off-by: Xiaobo Xie <xiaobo.xie@nxp.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/core/dst.c')
-rw-r--r--net/core/dst.c14
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dst.c b/net/core/dst.c
index 656b70d..39cc119 100644
--- a/net/core/dst.c
+++ b/net/core/dst.c
@@ -470,6 +470,20 @@ static int dst_dev_event(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event,
spin_lock_bh(&dst_garbage.lock);
dst = dst_garbage.list;
dst_garbage.list = NULL;
+ /* The code in dst_ifdown places a hold on the loopback device.
+ * If the gc entry processing is set to expire after a lengthy
+ * interval, this hold can cause netdev_wait_allrefs() to hang
+ * out and wait for a long time -- until the the loopback
+ * interface is released. If we're really unlucky, it'll emit
+ * pr_emerg messages to console too. Reset the interval here,
+ * so dst cleanups occur in a more timely fashion.
+ */
+ if (dst_garbage.timer_inc > DST_GC_INC) {
+ dst_garbage.timer_inc = DST_GC_INC;
+ dst_garbage.timer_expires = DST_GC_MIN;
+ mod_delayed_work(system_wq, &dst_gc_work,
+ dst_garbage.timer_expires);
+ }
spin_unlock_bh(&dst_garbage.lock);
if (last)