[PATCH] IPV4 : Move ip route cache flush (secret_rebuild) from softirq to workqueue
Every 600 seconds (ip_rt_secret_interval), a softirq flush of the
whole ip route cache is triggered. On loaded machines, this can starve
softirq for many seconds and can eventually crash.
This patch moves this flush to a workqueue context, using the worker
we intoduced in commit 39c90ece7565f5c47110c2fa77409d7a9478bd5b (IPV4:
Convert rt_check_expire() from softirq processing to workqueue.)
Also, immediate flushes (echo 0 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/route/flush) are
using rt_do_flush() helper function, wich take attention to
rescheduling.
Next step will be to handle delayed flushes
("echo -1 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/route/flush" or "ip route flush cache")
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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