From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752744Ab1LUIHg (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Dec 2011 03:07:36 -0500 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([198.137.202.13]:48074 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752458Ab1LUIHe (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Dec 2011 03:07:34 -0500 Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 03:07:27 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <20111221.030727.1528369698756365464.davem@davemloft.net> To: eric.dumazet@gmail.com Cc: richard.weinberger@gmail.com, gladewitz@gmx.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Kernel-DOS error in arp mechanism =?iso-2022-jp-3?B?GyQoUSN8GyhC?= no delete off incomplete arp adresses From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <1324453467.2610.20.camel@edumazet-laptop> References: <4EEC5286.3070408@gmx.de> <1324453467.2610.20.camel@edumazet-laptop> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.4 on Emacs 23.3 / Mule 6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.6 (shards.monkeyblade.net [198.137.202.13]); Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:07:30 -0800 (PST) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Eric Dumazet Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 08:44:27 +0100 > David, I suggest we add back the garbage collector for current kernels, > we'll remove it when route cache really disappear ? > > I'll send a patch today. Yes, it's the best idea. We can actually remove it again as early as when when route neigh's are ref-less.