[NET] fib_rules: Flush route cache after rule modifications

The results of FIB rules lookups are cached in the routing cache
except for IPv6 as no such cache exists. So far, it was the
responsibility of the user to flush the cache after modifying any
rules. This lead to many false bug reports due to misunderstanding
of this concept.

This patch automatically flushes the route cache after inserting
or deleting a rule.

Thanks to Muli Ben-Yehuda <muli@il.ibm.com> for catching a bug
in the previous patch.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

4 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/fib_rules.h b/include/net/fib_rules.h
index 08bab8b6e575..ed3a8872c6ca 100644
--- a/include/net/fib_rules.h
+++ b/include/net/fib_rules.h
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ struct fib_rules_ops
 	u32			(*default_pref)(void);
 	size_t			(*nlmsg_payload)(struct fib_rule *);
 
+	/* Called after modifications to the rules set, must flush
+	 * the route cache if one exists. */
+	void			(*flush_cache)(void);
+
 	int			nlgroup;
 	struct nla_policy	*policy;
 	struct list_head	*rules_list;
diff --git a/net/core/fib_rules.c b/net/core/fib_rules.c
index 5824b2644f26..cb2dae19531b 100644
--- a/net/core/fib_rules.c
+++ b/net/core/fib_rules.c
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ static void rules_ops_put(struct fib_rules_ops *ops)
 		module_put(ops->owner);
 }
 
+static void flush_route_cache(struct fib_rules_ops *ops)
+{
+	if (ops->flush_cache)
+		ops->flush_cache();
+}
+
 int fib_rules_register(struct fib_rules_ops *ops)
 {
 	int err = -EEXIST;
@@ -314,6 +320,7 @@ static int fib_nl_newrule(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr* nlh, void *arg)
 		list_add_rcu(&rule->list, ops->rules_list);
 
 	notify_rule_change(RTM_NEWRULE, rule, ops, nlh, NETLINK_CB(skb).pid);
+	flush_route_cache(ops);
 	rules_ops_put(ops);
 	return 0;
 
@@ -404,6 +411,7 @@ static int fib_nl_delrule(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr* nlh, void *arg)
 		notify_rule_change(RTM_DELRULE, rule, ops, nlh,
 				   NETLINK_CB(skb).pid);
 		fib_rule_put(rule);
+		flush_route_cache(ops);
 		rules_ops_put(ops);
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/net/decnet/dn_rules.c b/net/decnet/dn_rules.c
index fd0cc2aa316c..7f58b95b27d1 100644
--- a/net/decnet/dn_rules.c
+++ b/net/decnet/dn_rules.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <net/dn_fib.h>
 #include <net/dn_neigh.h>
 #include <net/dn_dev.h>
+#include <net/dn_route.h>
 
 static struct fib_rules_ops dn_fib_rules_ops;
 
@@ -239,6 +240,11 @@ static u32 dn_fib_rule_default_pref(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void dn_fib_rule_flush_cache(void)
+{
+	dn_rt_cache_flush(0);
+}
+
 static struct fib_rules_ops dn_fib_rules_ops = {
 	.family		= AF_DECnet,
 	.rule_size	= sizeof(struct dn_fib_rule),
@@ -249,6 +255,7 @@ static struct fib_rules_ops dn_fib_rules_ops = {
 	.compare	= dn_fib_rule_compare,
 	.fill		= dn_fib_rule_fill,
 	.default_pref	= dn_fib_rule_default_pref,
+	.flush_cache	= dn_fib_rule_flush_cache,
 	.nlgroup	= RTNLGRP_DECnet_RULE,
 	.policy		= dn_fib_rule_policy,
 	.rules_list	= &dn_fib_rules,
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_rules.c b/net/ipv4/fib_rules.c
index b021b3440ca3..fe29b98d6c8f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_rules.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_rules.c
@@ -298,6 +298,11 @@ static size_t fib4_rule_nlmsg_payload(struct fib_rule *rule)
 	       + nla_total_size(4); /* flow */
 }
 
+static void fib4_rule_flush_cache(void)
+{
+	rt_cache_flush(0);
+}
+
 static struct fib_rules_ops fib4_rules_ops = {
 	.family		= AF_INET,
 	.rule_size	= sizeof(struct fib4_rule),
@@ -309,6 +314,7 @@ static struct fib_rules_ops fib4_rules_ops = {
 	.fill		= fib4_rule_fill,
 	.default_pref	= fib4_rule_default_pref,
 	.nlmsg_payload	= fib4_rule_nlmsg_payload,
+	.flush_cache	= fib4_rule_flush_cache,
 	.nlgroup	= RTNLGRP_IPV4_RULE,
 	.policy		= fib4_rule_policy,
 	.rules_list	= &fib4_rules,