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Re: [PATCH 2/2] IPVS: make failure of netns init more stable

To: Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] IPVS: make failure of netns init more stable
Cc: "horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, "wensong@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <wensong@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, "lvs-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <lvs-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "netfilter-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <netfilter-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "hans@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <hans@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: Hans Schillstrom <hans.schillstrom@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:45:15 +0200
On Monday 16 April 2012 19:31:40 Julian Anastasov wrote:
> 
>       Hello,
> 
> On Mon, 16 Apr 2012, Hans Schillstrom wrote:
> 
> > >   But I see some inconsistency in net/core/net_namespace.c:
> > > __register_pernet_operations when CONFIG_NET_NS is enabled
> > > does not call ops_free after failed ops_init while when
> > > CONFIG_NET_NS is not enabled ops_free is called. The 
> > > problem is that we leak the ops->size data allocated for the
> > > failed net. I think, the fix should be ops_init to free the data.
> > 
> > Are you sure ?
> > In my code it does... 
> > 
> > static int __register_pernet_operations(struct list_head *list,
> >                                     struct pernet_operations *ops)
> > at line 417
> > ..
> >             for_each_net(net) {
> >                     error = ops_init(ops, net);
> >                     if (error)
> >                             goto out_undo;
> 
>       There is line here that registers current net for
> cleanup only after ops_init success:
> 
>       list_add_tail(&net->exit_list, &net_exit_list);
> 
>       If ops_init fails for first net then net_exit_list will
> be empty.

Yes, you are right as allways :-)

> 
> > ...
> > line 426
> > out_undo:
> >     /* If I have an error cleanup all namespaces I initialized */
> >     list_del(&ops->list);
> >     ops_exit_list(ops, &net_exit_list);
> >     ops_free_list(ops, &net_exit_list);
> >     return error;
> > }
> 
> Regards
> 
> --
> Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx>
> 

-- 
Regards
Hans Schillstrom <hans.schillstrom@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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