neigh: Convert over to dst_neigh_lookup_skb().
authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Tue, 3 Jul 2012 05:15:37 +0000 (22:15 -0700)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Thu, 5 Jul 2012 08:12:00 +0000 (01:12 -0700)
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
net/core/neighbour.c

index a793af9..117afaf 100644 (file)
@@ -1201,10 +1201,23 @@ int neigh_update(struct neighbour *neigh, const u8 *lladdr, u8 new,
                        write_unlock_bh(&neigh->lock);
 
                        rcu_read_lock();
-                       /* On shaper/eql skb->dst->neighbour != neigh :( */
-                       if (dst && (n2 = dst_get_neighbour_noref(dst)) != NULL)
-                               n1 = n2;
+
+                       /* Why not just use 'neigh' as-is?  The problem is that
+                        * things such as shaper, eql, and sch_teql can end up
+                        * using alternative, different, neigh objects to output
+                        * the packet in the output path.  So what we need to do
+                        * here is re-lookup the top-level neigh in the path so
+                        * we can reinject the packet there.
+                        */
+                       n2 = NULL;
+                       if (dst) {
+                               n2 = dst_neigh_lookup_skb(dst, skb);
+                               if (n2)
+                                       n1 = n2;
+                       }
                        n1->output(n1, skb);
+                       if (n2)
+                               neigh_release(n2);
                        rcu_read_unlock();
 
                        write_lock_bh(&neigh->lock);