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SubjectRe: [PATCH v4] net: use exponential backoff in netdev_wait_allrefs
On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 10:19 PM Francesco Ruggeri <fruggeri@arista.com> wrote:
>
> The combination of aca_free_rcu, introduced in commit 2384d02520ff
> ("net/ipv6: Add anycast addresses to a global hashtable"), and
> fib6_info_destroy_rcu, introduced in commit 9b0a8da8c4c6 ("net/ipv6:
> respect rcu grace period before freeing fib6_info"), can result in
> an extra rcu grace period being needed when deleting an interface,
> with the result that netdev_wait_allrefs ends up hitting the msleep(250),
> which is considerably longer than the required grace period.
> This can result in long delays when deleting a large number of interfaces,
> and it can be observed with this script:
>
>
>
> Signed-off-by: Francesco Ruggeri <fruggeri@arista.com>
>

Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>

Thanks !

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