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Diffstat (limited to 'pkg')
| -rw-r--r-- | pkg/tcpip/stack/neighbor_entry.go | 14 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/stack/neighbor_entry.go b/pkg/tcpip/stack/neighbor_entry.go index ab247db2e..0a59eecdd 100644 --- a/pkg/tcpip/stack/neighbor_entry.go +++ b/pkg/tcpip/stack/neighbor_entry.go @@ -166,14 +166,20 @@ func (e *neighborEntry) notifyCompletionLocked(err tcpip.Error) { if ch := e.mu.done; ch != nil { close(ch) e.mu.done = nil - // Dequeue the pending packets in a new goroutine to not hold up the current + // Dequeue the pending packets asynchronously to not hold up the current // goroutine as writing packets may be a costly operation. // // At the time of writing, when writing packets, a neighbor's link address // is resolved (which ends up obtaining the entry's lock) while holding the - // link resolution queue's lock. Dequeuing packets in a new goroutine avoids - // a lock ordering violation. - go e.cache.nic.linkResQueue.dequeue(ch, e.mu.neigh.LinkAddr, err) + // link resolution queue's lock. Dequeuing packets asynchronously avoids a + // lock ordering violation. + // + // NB: this is equivalent to spawning a goroutine directly using the go + // keyword but allows tests that use manual clocks to deterministically + // wait for this work to complete. + e.cache.nic.stack.clock.AfterFunc(0, func() { + e.cache.nic.linkResQueue.dequeue(ch, e.mu.neigh.LinkAddr, err) + }) } } |