On 4/18/18 11:06 AM, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> 
> 
> On 04/17/2018 05:33 PM, David Ahern wrote:
>> Most FIB entries can be added using memory allocated with GFP_KERNEL.
>> Add gfp_flags to ip6_route_add and addrconf_dst_alloc. Code paths that
>> can be reached from the packet path (e.g., ndisc and autoconfig) or
>> atomic notifiers use GFP_ATOMIC; paths from user context (adding
>> addresses and routes) use GFP_KERNEL.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsah...@gmail.com>
>> ---
> 
> 
> Hmmm....
> 
> ipv6_ifa_notify() calls __ipv6_ifa_notify() under 
> rcu_read_lock_bh()/rcu_read_unlock_bh()
> 
> So using GFP_KERNEL in __ipv6_ifa_notify() is certainly not allowed.
> 
> 

Thanks for catching that. Will add fix to my followup set.

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