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From: Ollie Wild <aaw@rincewind.tv>
To: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix dst_entry leak in icmp_push_reply()
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 23:41:24 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <43042D94.4030303@rincewind.tv> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4303CEC5.3010502@trash.net>

Patrick McHardy wrote:

> Ollie Wild wrote:
>
>> If the ip_append_data() call in icmp_push_reply() fails, 
>> ip_flush_pending_frames() needs to be called.  Otherwise, ip_rt_put() 
>> is never called on inet_sk(icmp_socket->sk)->cork.rt, which prevents 
>> the route (and net_device) from ever being freed.
>
>
> Your patch doesn't fit your description, the else-condition you're
> adding triggers when the queue is empty, so what is the point?

Since we're only calling ip_append_data() once here, the two conditions 
are identical.

Ollie

  reply	other threads:[~2005-08-18  6:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-08-17 20:21 [PATCH] fix dst_entry leak in icmp_push_reply() Ollie Wild
2005-08-17 23:56 ` Patrick McHardy
2005-08-18  6:41   ` Ollie Wild [this message]
2005-08-18 18:42     ` Patrick McHardy
2005-08-18 18:45     ` Ollie Wild
2005-08-18 18:59       ` Patrick McHardy
2005-08-18 19:05         ` Ollie Wild
2005-08-18 21:32           ` David S. Miller

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