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From: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
To: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Cc: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@redhat.com>,
	davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com,
	josh@joshtriplett.org, challa@noironetworks.com,
	walpole@cs.pdx.edu, dev@openvswitch.org, tklauser@distanz.ch,
	netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 3/3] nftables: Convert nft_hash to use generic rhashtable
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2014 15:51:45 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140801145145.GE7331@casper.infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0d77fb6a-4465-432f-9d6a-b1c1497a780b@email.android.com>

On 08/01/14 at 03:12pm, Patrick McHardy wrote:
> On 1. August 2014 14:49:01 GMT+01:00, Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch> wrote:
> >On 08/01/14 at 02:21pm, Nikolay Aleksandrov wrote:
> >> Sorry for the late response but I just got around to check the 3rd
> >patch now,
> >> so my question about this fragment is: before nft_hash_remove() would
> >free the
> >> element after removal, but after this change I don't see where and
> >when the
> >> removed element would get freed ?
> >
> >You are right. Looking at this closer we were leaking references even
> >before the change because it would not call nft_data_uninit() to
> >release
> >the data objects. So it should really just call
> >nft_hash_elem_destroy().
> 
> No, the data uninit is performed by the set core. Just freeing it is fine.

OK, I can see the uninit on the data in nft_del_setelem() for maps
prior to the actual commit. The location is slightly unexpected since
the element is still findable in the hash table at that point.

I'll wait a short while to see if there is more feedback and resubmit
afterwards.

  reply	other threads:[~2014-08-01 14:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-08-01 11:58 [PATCH net-next v4 0/3] Lockless netlink_lookup() with new concurrent hash table Thomas Graf
2014-08-01 11:58 ` [PATCH net-next 1/3] lib: Resizable, Scalable, Concurrent Hash Table Thomas Graf
2014-08-01 11:58 ` [PATCH net-next 2/3] netlink: Convert netlink_lookup() to use RCU protected hash table Thomas Graf
2014-08-01 14:51   ` Nikolay Aleksandrov
2014-08-01 15:15     ` Thomas Graf
2014-08-01 15:20       ` Nikolay Aleksandrov
2014-08-01 11:58 ` [PATCH net-next 3/3] nftables: Convert nft_hash to use generic rhashtable Thomas Graf
2014-08-01 12:21   ` Nikolay Aleksandrov
2014-08-01 13:49     ` Thomas Graf
2014-08-01 14:12       ` Patrick McHardy
2014-08-01 14:51         ` Thomas Graf [this message]
2014-08-01 15:00           ` Patrick McHardy
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2014-08-02  9:47 [PATCH net-next v5 0/3] Lockless netlink_lookup() with new concurrent hash table Thomas Graf
2014-08-02  9:47 ` [PATCH net-next 3/3] nftables: Convert nft_hash to use generic rhashtable Thomas Graf
2014-08-02 10:56   ` Nikolay Aleksandrov
2014-08-01  8:51 [PATCH net-next v3 0/3] Lockless netlink_lookup() with new concurrent hash table Thomas Graf
2014-08-01  8:52 ` [PATCH net-next 3/3] nftables: Convert nft_hash to use generic rhashtable Thomas Graf
2014-08-01 10:17   ` Patrick McHardy
2014-08-01 10:39     ` Thomas Graf
2014-08-01 10:47       ` Patrick McHardy
2014-07-31 22:56 [PATCH v2 0/3 net-next] Lockless netlink_lookup() with new concurrent hash table Thomas Graf
2014-07-31 22:56 ` [PATCH net-next 3/3] nftables: Convert nft_hash to use generic rhashtable Thomas Graf

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