@@ -4315,12 +4315,12 @@ int dev_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, struct sockaddr *sa)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_set_mac_address);
/*
- * Perform the SIOCxIFxxx calls, inside read_lock(dev_base_lock)
+ * Perform the SIOCxIFxxx calls, inside rcu_read_lock()
*/
static int dev_ifsioc_locked(struct net *net, struct ifreq *ifr, unsigned int cmd)
{
int err;
- struct net_device *dev = __dev_get_by_name(net, ifr->ifr_name);
+ struct net_device *dev = dev_get_by_name_rcu(net, ifr->ifr_name);
if (!dev)
return -ENODEV;
@@ -4552,9 +4552,9 @@ int dev_ioctl(struct net *net, unsigned int cmd, void __user *arg)
case SIOCGIFINDEX:
case SIOCGIFTXQLEN:
dev_load(net, ifr.ifr_name);
- read_lock(&dev_base_lock);
+ rcu_read_lock();
ret = dev_ifsioc_locked(net, &ifr, cmd);
- read_unlock(&dev_base_lock);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
if (!ret) {
if (colon)
*colon = ':';
All ioctls() implemented by dev_ifsioc_locked() : SIOCGIFFLAGS, SIOCGIFMETRIC, SIOCGIFMTU, SIOCGIFHWADDR, SIOCGIFSLAVE, SIOCGIFMAP, SIOCGIFINDEX & SIOCGIFTXQLEN can use RCU lock instead of dev_base_lock rwlock Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> --- net/core/dev.c | 8 ++++---- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) -- 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