Commit 5eb902b8e719 ("net/ipv6: Remove expired routes with a separated list of routes.") introduced a per-table GC list and changed GC to iterate over that list instead of traversing the entire route table. However, it forgot to add permanent routes to tb6_gc_hlist when exception routes are added. Commit cfe82469a00f ("ipv6: add exception routes to GC list in rt6_insert_exception") fixed that issue but introduced another one. Even after all exception routes expire, the permanent routes remain in tb6_gc_hlist, potentially negating the performance benefits intended by the initial change. Let's count gc_args->more before and after rt6_age_exceptions() and remove the permanent route when the delta is 0. Note that the next patch will reuse fib6_age_exceptions(). Fixes: cfe82469a00f ("ipv6: add exception routes to GC list in rt6_insert_exception") Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima --- net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c | 13 ++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c index 9058e71241dc..fadfca49d6b1 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c +++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c @@ -2348,6 +2348,17 @@ static void fib6_flush_trees(struct net *net) /* * Garbage collection */ +static void fib6_age_exceptions(struct fib6_info *rt, struct fib6_gc_args *gc_args, + unsigned long now) +{ + bool may_expire = rt->fib6_flags & RTF_EXPIRES && rt->expires; + int old_more = gc_args->more; + + rt6_age_exceptions(rt, gc_args, now); + + if (!may_expire && old_more == gc_args->more) + fib6_remove_gc_list(rt); +} static int fib6_age(struct fib6_info *rt, struct fib6_gc_args *gc_args) { @@ -2370,7 +2381,7 @@ static int fib6_age(struct fib6_info *rt, struct fib6_gc_args *gc_args) * Note, that clones are aged out * only if they are not in use now. */ - rt6_age_exceptions(rt, gc_args, now); + fib6_age_exceptions(rt, gc_args, now); return 0; } -- 2.53.0.473.g4a7958ca14-goog