Re: [PATCH] IPv6: Refine IPv6 Address Validation Timer

From: $B5HF#1QL@(
Date: Fri Sep 27 2002 - 10:16:17 EST


In article <20020927.022515.78074730.davem@redhat.com> (at Fri, 27 Sep 2002 02:25:15 -0700 (PDT)), "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com> says:

> @@ -1626,24 +1635,32 @@
> for (ifp=inet6_addr_lst[i]; ifp; ifp=ifp->lst_next) {
> unsigned long age;
>
> - if (ifp->flags & IFA_F_PERMANENT)
> + spin_lock(&ifp->lock);
> + if (ifp->flags & IFA_F_PERMANENT) {
> + spin_unlock(&ifp->lock);
> continue;
> + }
>
> This is completely unnecessary. Nobody modifies the
> IFA_F_PERMANENT flag after the addr entry has been added
> to the hash table and this runs under the addrconf hash
> lock already.

Thanks for comment.
So, is this reasonable?

Index: net/ipv6/addrconf.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/usagi/usagi-backport/linux24/net/ipv6/addrconf.c,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.1
retrieving revision 1.1.1.1.4.4
diff -u -r1.1.1.1 -r1.1.1.1.4.4
--- net/ipv6/addrconf.c 2002/08/20 09:47:02 1.1.1.1
+++ net/ipv6/addrconf.c 2002/09/27 15:02:57 1.1.1.1.4.4
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
  * packets.
  * yoshfuji@USAGI : Fixed interval between DAD
  * packets.
+ * YOSHIFUJI Hideaki @USAGI : improved accuracy of
+ * address validation timer.
  */
 
 #include <linux/config.h>
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@
 void addrconf_verify(unsigned long);
 
 static struct timer_list addr_chk_timer = { function: addrconf_verify };
+static spinlock_t addrconf_verify_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
 
 static int addrconf_ifdown(struct net_device *dev, int how);
 
@@ -1616,9 +1619,15 @@
 void addrconf_verify(unsigned long foo)
 {
         struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp;
- unsigned long now = jiffies;
+ unsigned long now, next;
         int i;
 
+ spin_lock_bh(&addrconf_verify_lock);
+ now = jiffies;
+ next = now + ADDR_CHECK_FREQUENCY;
+
+ del_timer(&addr_chk_timer);
+
         for (i=0; i < IN6_ADDR_HSIZE; i++) {
 
 restart:
@@ -1629,21 +1638,27 @@
                         if (ifp->flags & IFA_F_PERMANENT)
                                 continue;
 
+ spin_lock(&ifp->lock);
                         age = (now - ifp->tstamp) / HZ;
 
- if (age > ifp->valid_lft) {
+ if (age >= ifp->valid_lft) {
+ spin_unlock(&ifp->lock);
                                 in6_ifa_hold(ifp);
                                 write_unlock(&addrconf_hash_lock);
                                 ipv6_del_addr(ifp);
                                 goto restart;
- } else if (age > ifp->prefered_lft) {
+ } else if (age >= ifp->prefered_lft) {
+ /* jiffies - ifp->tsamp > age >= ifp->prefered_lft */
                                 int deprecate = 0;
 
- spin_lock(&ifp->lock);
                                 if (!(ifp->flags&IFA_F_DEPRECATED)) {
                                         deprecate = 1;
                                         ifp->flags |= IFA_F_DEPRECATED;
                                 }
+
+ if (time_before(ifp->tstamp + ifp->valid_lft * HZ, next))
+ next = ifp->tstamp + ifp->valid_lft * HZ;
+
                                 spin_unlock(&ifp->lock);
 
                                 if (deprecate) {
@@ -1654,12 +1669,24 @@
                                         in6_ifa_put(ifp);
                                         goto restart;
                                 }
+ } else {
+ /* ifp->prefered_lft <= ifp->valid_lft */
+ if (time_before(ifp->tstamp + ifp->prefered_lft * HZ, next))
+ next = ifp->tstamp + ifp->prefered_lft * HZ;
+ spin_unlock(&ifp->lock);
                         }
                 }
                 write_unlock(&addrconf_hash_lock);
         }
 
- mod_timer(&addr_chk_timer, jiffies + ADDR_CHECK_FREQUENCY);
+ if (time_before(now + HZ/2, jiffies)) {
+ ADBG((KERN_WARNING
+ "addrconf_verify(): too slow; jiffies - now = %ld\n",
+ (long)jiffies - (long)now));
+ }
+ addr_chk_timer.expires = time_before(next, jiffies + HZ) ? jiffies + HZ : next;
+ add_timer(&addr_chk_timer);
+ spin_unlock_bh(&addrconf_verify_lock);
 }
 
 static int
@@ -2033,8 +2060,7 @@
         proc_net_create("if_inet6", 0, iface_proc_info);
 #endif
         
- addr_chk_timer.expires = jiffies + ADDR_CHECK_FREQUENCY;
- add_timer(&addr_chk_timer);
+ addrconf_verify(0);
         rtnetlink_links[PF_INET6] = inet6_rtnetlink_table;
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
         addrconf_sysctl.sysctl_header =
-
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