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SubjectRe: Problems with /proc/net/tcp6 - possible bug - ipv6
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From: PK <runningdoglackey@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 11:42:54 -0800 (PST)

> These warnings show up when I run the script (or I presume any tcp6 connection
> flooder) with /proc/sys/net/tcp/ipv4/tcp_tw_recycle enabled. There's textual
> corruption of the traces a lot of the time. Here's a sample trace that doesn't
> appear to be corrupt. All the warnings I've seen are from route.c:209, and I
> don't see how that would cause memory corruption.

Please give this patch a try:

--------------------
From d80bc0fd262ef840ed4e82593ad6416fa1ba3fc4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:01:58 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] ipv6: Always clone offlink routes.

Do not handle PMTU vs. route lookup creation any differently
wrt. offlink routes, always clone them.

Reported-by: PK <runningdoglackey@yahoo.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
---
net/ipv6/route.c | 9 +--------
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 373bd04..1534508 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@
#define RT6_TRACE(x...) do { ; } while (0)
#endif

-#define CLONE_OFFLINK_ROUTE 0
-
static struct rt6_info * ip6_rt_copy(struct rt6_info *ort);
static struct dst_entry *ip6_dst_check(struct dst_entry *dst, u32 cookie);
static unsigned int ip6_default_advmss(const struct dst_entry *dst);
@@ -738,13 +736,8 @@ restart:

if (!rt->rt6i_nexthop && !(rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_NONEXTHOP))
nrt = rt6_alloc_cow(rt, &fl->fl6_dst, &fl->fl6_src);
- else {
-#if CLONE_OFFLINK_ROUTE
+ else
nrt = rt6_alloc_clone(rt, &fl->fl6_dst);
-#else
- goto out2;
-#endif
- }

dst_release(&rt->dst);
rt = nrt ? : net->ipv6.ip6_null_entry;
--
1.7.3.4


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