From: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
To: David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Cc: Kui-Feng Lee <thinker.li@gmail.com>,
Xin Long <lucien.xin@gmail.com>, Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>,
Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuni1840@gmail.com>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v6 net 2/3] ipv6: Don't remove permanent routes with exceptions from tb6_gc_hlist.
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 07:23:00 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260320072317.2561779-3-kuniyu@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260320072317.2561779-1-kuniyu@google.com>
The cited commit mechanically put fib6_remove_gc_list()
just after every fib6_clean_expires() call.
When a temporary route is promoted to a permanent route,
there may already be exception routes tied to it.
If fib6_remove_gc_list() removes the route from tb6_gc_hlist,
such exception routes will no longer be aged.
Let's replace fib6_remove_gc_list() with a new helper
fib6_may_remove_gc_list() and use fib6_age_exceptions() there.
Note that net->ipv6 is only compiled when CONFIG_IPV6 is
enabled, so fib6_{add,remove,may_remove}_gc_list() are guarded.
Fixes: 5eb902b8e719 ("net/ipv6: Remove expired routes with a separated list of routes.")
Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
---
v6: Call fib6_age_exceptions() under RCU
v4: s/,/;/ for fib6_gc_args initialisation
v3: Use IS_ENABLED()
v2: Fix build failure when CONFIG_IPV6=n (no net->ipv6 definition)
squash
---
include/net/ip6_fib.h | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
net/ipv6/addrconf.c | 4 ++--
net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c | 6 +++---
net/ipv6/route.c | 2 +-
4 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/net/ip6_fib.h b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
index 88b0dd4d8e09..9f8b6814a96a 100644
--- a/include/net/ip6_fib.h
+++ b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
@@ -507,12 +507,14 @@ void fib6_rt_update(struct net *net, struct fib6_info *rt,
void inet6_rt_notify(int event, struct fib6_info *rt, struct nl_info *info,
unsigned int flags);
+void fib6_age_exceptions(struct fib6_info *rt, struct fib6_gc_args *gc_args,
+ unsigned long now);
void fib6_run_gc(unsigned long expires, struct net *net, bool force);
-
void fib6_gc_cleanup(void);
int fib6_init(void);
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
/* Add the route to the gc list if it is not already there
*
* The callers should hold f6i->fib6_table->tb6_lock.
@@ -545,6 +547,23 @@ static inline void fib6_remove_gc_list(struct fib6_info *f6i)
hlist_del_init(&f6i->gc_link);
}
+static inline void fib6_may_remove_gc_list(struct net *net,
+ struct fib6_info *f6i)
+{
+ struct fib6_gc_args gc_args;
+
+ if (hlist_unhashed(&f6i->gc_link))
+ return;
+
+ gc_args.timeout = READ_ONCE(net->ipv6.sysctl.ip6_rt_gc_interval);
+ gc_args.more = 0;
+
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ fib6_age_exceptions(f6i, &gc_args, jiffies);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+}
+#endif
+
struct ipv6_route_iter {
struct seq_net_private p;
struct fib6_walker w;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 0e55f139e05d..f4e23b543585 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -2862,7 +2862,7 @@ void addrconf_prefix_rcv(struct net_device *dev, u8 *opt, int len, bool sllao)
fib6_add_gc_list(rt);
} else {
fib6_clean_expires(rt);
- fib6_remove_gc_list(rt);
+ fib6_may_remove_gc_list(net, rt);
}
spin_unlock_bh(&table->tb6_lock);
@@ -4840,7 +4840,7 @@ static int modify_prefix_route(struct net *net, struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp,
if (!(flags & RTF_EXPIRES)) {
fib6_clean_expires(f6i);
- fib6_remove_gc_list(f6i);
+ fib6_may_remove_gc_list(net, f6i);
} else {
fib6_set_expires(f6i, expires);
fib6_add_gc_list(f6i);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
index fadfca49d6b1..dd26657b6a4a 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
@@ -1133,7 +1133,7 @@ static int fib6_add_rt2node(struct fib6_node *fn, struct fib6_info *rt,
return -EEXIST;
if (!(rt->fib6_flags & RTF_EXPIRES)) {
fib6_clean_expires(iter);
- fib6_remove_gc_list(iter);
+ fib6_may_remove_gc_list(info->nl_net, iter);
} else {
fib6_set_expires(iter, rt->expires);
fib6_add_gc_list(iter);
@@ -2348,8 +2348,8 @@ static void fib6_flush_trees(struct net *net)
/*
* Garbage collection
*/
-static void fib6_age_exceptions(struct fib6_info *rt, struct fib6_gc_args *gc_args,
- unsigned long now)
+void fib6_age_exceptions(struct fib6_info *rt, struct fib6_gc_args *gc_args,
+ unsigned long now)
{
bool may_expire = rt->fib6_flags & RTF_EXPIRES && rt->expires;
int old_more = gc_args->more;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 08cd86f49bf9..cb521700cee7 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ int rt6_route_rcv(struct net_device *dev, u8 *opt, int len,
if (!addrconf_finite_timeout(lifetime)) {
fib6_clean_expires(rt);
- fib6_remove_gc_list(rt);
+ fib6_may_remove_gc_list(net, rt);
} else {
fib6_set_expires(rt, jiffies + HZ * lifetime);
fib6_add_gc_list(rt);
--
2.53.0.959.g497ff81fa9-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-20 7:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-20 7:22 [PATCH v6 net 0/3] ipv6: Fix two GC issues with permanent routes Kuniyuki Iwashima
2026-03-20 7:22 ` [PATCH v6 net 1/3] ipv6: Remove permanent routes from tb6_gc_hlist when all exceptions expire Kuniyuki Iwashima
2026-03-22 16:59 ` David Ahern
2026-03-20 7:23 ` Kuniyuki Iwashima [this message]
2026-03-22 17:01 ` [PATCH v6 net 2/3] ipv6: Don't remove permanent routes with exceptions from tb6_gc_hlist David Ahern
2026-03-20 7:23 ` [PATCH v6 net 3/3] selftest: net: Add GC test for temporary routes with exceptions Kuniyuki Iwashima
2026-03-22 17:03 ` David Ahern
2026-03-24 0:10 ` [PATCH v6 net 0/3] ipv6: Fix two GC issues with permanent routes patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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