| Message ID | 4AEE6CB8.1000106@gmail.com |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted, archived |
| Delegated to: | David Miller |
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From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:23:04 +0100 > Use dev_get_by_index_rcu() instead of __dev_get_by_index() and > dev_base_lock rwlock > > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Man, you've been busy.... :-) Applied, thanks! -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c index 5df2f6a..ccccaae 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c +++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c @@ -405,11 +405,12 @@ struct in_device *inetdev_by_index(struct net *net, int ifindex) { struct net_device *dev; struct in_device *in_dev = NULL; - read_lock(&dev_base_lock); - dev = __dev_get_by_index(net, ifindex); + + rcu_read_lock(); + dev = dev_get_by_index_rcu(net, ifindex); if (dev) in_dev = in_dev_get(dev); - read_unlock(&dev_base_lock); + rcu_read_unlock(); return in_dev; }
Use dev_get_by_index_rcu() instead of __dev_get_by_index() and dev_base_lock rwlock Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> --- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html