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authorDmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>2017-09-04 09:22:54 -0700
committerDmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>2017-09-04 09:22:54 -0700
commita6cbfa1e6d38c4b3ab0ce7e3aea4bb4e744f24b8 (patch)
tree8960e571a398b5d32e72bdb9c89ce965daa870ab /net/core/dst.c
parentf5308d1b83eba20e69df5e0926ba7257c8dd9074 (diff)
parent08d6ac9ee5fedd82040bc878705981b67a116a3f (diff)
Merge branch 'next' into for-linus
Prepare input updates for 4.14 merge window.
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 6192f11beec9..13ba4a090c41 100644
--- a/net/core/dst.c
+++ b/net/core/dst.c
@@ -469,6 +469,20 @@ 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)