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Re: IPVS-2.4: ip_vs_conn_expire() ping pong for persistent template

To: "LinuxVirtualServer.org users mailing list." <lvs-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx>
Subject: Re: IPVS-2.4: ip_vs_conn_expire() ping pong for persistent template
From: Roberto Nibali <ratz@xxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 11:28:31 +0100
>       It seems we forgot to fix one place where ip_vs_conn_expire_now
> is used. Callers should hold write lock or cp->refcnt (and not to
> forget it). Please, try the appended patch, on success resend it to 
> Marcelo. Such problem exists in 2.6.13 too, for all expire_nodest_conn 
> users. The same patch applies to 2.6.14, so we should send it for 2.6
> inclusion.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx>
> 
> diff -ur v2.4.32-rc2/linux/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c 
> linux/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c
> --- v2.4.32-rc2/linux/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c      2005-11-03 
> 01:20:02.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c  2005-11-03 01:22:36.347895544 +0200
> @@ -1111,11 +1111,10 @@
>               if (sysctl_ip_vs_expire_nodest_conn) {
>                       /* try to expire the connection immediately */
>                       ip_vs_conn_expire_now(cp);
> -             } else {
> -                     /* don't restart its timer, and silently
> -                        drop the packet. */
> -                     __ip_vs_conn_put(cp);
>               }
> +             /* don't restart its timer, and silently
> +                drop the packet. */
> +             __ip_vs_conn_put(cp);
>               return NF_DROP;

I am not able to reproduce the abberant behaviour anymore with this
patch. I will continue to stress test it and send it off tomorrow noon
(GMT+1).

Thanks,
Roberto Nibali, ratz
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