[PATCH 3.8 147/166] ipv6: don't count addrconf generated routes against gc limit

[Kamal Mostafa]

3.8.13.16 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes at stressinduktion.org>

[ Upstream commit a3300ef4bbb1f1e33ff0400e1e6cf7733d988f4f ]

Brett Ciphery reported that new ipv6 addresses failed to get installed
because the addrconf generated dsts where counted against the dst gc
limit. We don't need to count those routes like we currently don't count
administratively added routes.

Because the max_addresses check enforces a limit on unbounded address
generation first in case someone plays with router advertisments, we
are still safe here.

Reported-by: Brett Ciphery <brett.ciphery at windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes at stressinduktion.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem at davemloft.net>
[ kamal: backport to 3.8 (context) ]
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal at canonical.com>
---
 net/ipv6/route.c | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 9b530eb..7352014 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -2128,13 +2128,12 @@ struct rt6_info *addrconf_dst_alloc(struct inet6_dev *idev,
 				    bool anycast)
 {
 	struct net *net = dev_net(idev->dev);
-	struct rt6_info *rt = ip6_dst_alloc(net, net->loopback_dev, 0, NULL);
+	struct rt6_info *rt = ip6_dst_alloc(net, net->loopback_dev,
+					    DST_NOCOUNT, NULL);
 	int err;
 
-	if (!rt) {
-		net_warn_ratelimited("Maximum number of routes reached, consider increasing route/max_size\n");
+	if (!rt)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
 
 	in6_dev_hold(idev);
 
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