On 04/17/2018 05:33 PM, David Ahern wrote:
> Most FIB entries can be added using memory allocated with GFP_KERNEL.
> Add gfp_flags to ip6_route_add and addrconf_dst_alloc. Code paths that
> can be reached from the packet path (e.g., ndisc and autoconfig) or
> atomic notifiers use GFP_ATOMIC; paths from user context (adding
> addresses and routes) use GFP_KERNEL.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsah...@gmail.com>
> ---


Hmmm....

ipv6_ifa_notify() calls __ipv6_ifa_notify() under 
rcu_read_lock_bh()/rcu_read_unlock_bh()

So using GFP_KERNEL in __ipv6_ifa_notify() is certainly not allowed.


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