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[net-next-2.6] garp: remove one synchronize_rcu() call

Message ID 1304948155.3342.32.camel@edumazet-laptop
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Eric Dumazet May 9, 2011, 1:35 p.m. UTC
Speedup vlan dismantling in CONFIG_VLAN_8021Q_GVRP=y cases,
by using a call_rcu() to free the memory instead of waiting with
expensive synchronize_rcu() [ while RTNL is held ]

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Cc: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Cc: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
Note: I'll take care of using kfree_rcu() when available in net-next-2.6

 include/net/garp.h |    1 +
 net/802/garp.c     |    8 ++++++--
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)



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Patrick McHardy May 9, 2011, 6:25 p.m. UTC | #1
Am 09.05.2011 15:35, schrieb Eric Dumazet:
> Speedup vlan dismantling in CONFIG_VLAN_8021Q_GVRP=y cases,
> by using a call_rcu() to free the memory instead of waiting with
> expensive synchronize_rcu() [ while RTNL is held ]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
> Cc: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
> Cc: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
> Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
> Note: I'll take care of using kfree_rcu() when available in net-next-2.6
> 

Looks good to me.

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David Miller May 9, 2011, 6:42 p.m. UTC | #2
From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 09 May 2011 15:35:55 +0200

> Speedup vlan dismantling in CONFIG_VLAN_8021Q_GVRP=y cases,
> by using a call_rcu() to free the memory instead of waiting with
> expensive synchronize_rcu() [ while RTNL is held ]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>

Applied.
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diff --git a/include/net/garp.h b/include/net/garp.h
index f4c2959..8cabbf08 100644
--- a/include/net/garp.h
+++ b/include/net/garp.h
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@  struct garp_applicant {
 
 struct garp_port {
 	struct garp_applicant __rcu	*applicants[GARP_APPLICATION_MAX + 1];
+	struct rcu_head			rcu;
 };
 
 extern int	garp_register_application(struct garp_application *app);
diff --git a/net/802/garp.c b/net/802/garp.c
index c1df2da..5dbe896 100644
--- a/net/802/garp.c
+++ b/net/802/garp.c
@@ -544,6 +544,11 @@  static int garp_init_port(struct net_device *dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void garp_kfree_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
+{
+	kfree(container_of(head, struct garp_port, rcu));
+}
+
 static void garp_release_port(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct garp_port *port = rtnl_dereference(dev->garp_port);
@@ -554,8 +559,7 @@  static void garp_release_port(struct net_device *dev)
 			return;
 	}
 	rcu_assign_pointer(dev->garp_port, NULL);
-	synchronize_rcu();
-	kfree(port);
+	call_rcu(&port->rcu, garp_kfree_rcu);
 }
 
 int garp_init_applicant(struct net_device *dev, struct garp_application *appl)