On Thu, 6 Jun 2019 21:44:58 +0000
Martin Lau <ka...@fb.com> wrote:
> > + if (!(filter->flags & RTM_F_CLONED)) {
> > + err = rt6_fill_node(net, arg->skb, rt, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0,
> > + RTM_NEWROUTE,
> > + NETLINK_CB(arg->cb->skb).portid,
> > + arg->cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq, flags);
> > + if (err)
> > + return err;
> > + } else {
> > + flags |= NLM_F_DUMP_FILTERED;
> > + }
> > +
> > + bucket = rcu_dereference(rt->rt6i_exception_bucket);
> > + if (!bucket)
> > + return 0;
> > +
> > + for (i = 0; i < FIB6_EXCEPTION_BUCKET_SIZE; i++) {
> > + hlist_for_each_entry(rt6_ex, &bucket->chain, hlist) {
> > + if (rt6_check_expired(rt6_ex->rt6i))
> > + continue;
> > +
> > + err = rt6_fill_node(net, arg->skb, rt,
> > + &rt6_ex->rt6i->dst,
> > + NULL, NULL, 0, RTM_NEWROUTE,
> > + NETLINK_CB(arg->cb->skb).portid,
> > + arg->cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq, flags);
> Thanks for the patch.
>
> A question on when rt6_fill_node() returns -EMSGSIZE while dumping the
> exception bucket here. Where will the next inet6_dump_fib() start?
And thanks for reviewing.
It starts again from the same node, see fib6_dump_node(): w->leaf = rt;
where rt is the fib6_info where we failed dumping, so we won't skip
dumping any node.
This also means that to avoid sending duplicates in the case where at
least one rt6_fill_node() call goes through and one fails, we would
need to track the last bucket and entry sent, or, alternatively, to
make sure we can fit the whole node before dumping.
I don't think that can happen in practice, or at least I haven't found a
way to create enough valid exceptions for the same node.
Anyway, I guess that would be nicer, but the fix is going to be much
bigger, and I don't think we even have to guarantee that. I'd rather
take care of that as a follow-up. Any preferred solution by the way?
--
Stefano
