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authorEric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>2010-12-05 01:23:53 +0000
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2010-12-08 10:07:24 -0800
commit941666c2e3e0f9f6a1cb5808d02352d445bd702c (patch)
tree389a773580ef22908391cc71f98982b03de62804 /net/core
parenta2d4b65d477aad1fe8c7218781a031fa9cf5abfc (diff)
net: RCU conversion of dev_getbyhwaddr() and arp_ioctl()
Le dimanche 05 décembre 2010 à 09:19 +0100, Eric Dumazet a écrit : > Hmm.. > > If somebody can explain why RTNL is held in arp_ioctl() (and therefore > in arp_req_delete()), we might first remove RTNL use in arp_ioctl() so > that your patch can be applied. > > Right now it is not good, because RTNL wont be necessarly held when you > are going to call arp_invalidate() ? While doing this analysis, I found a refcount bug in llc, I'll send a patch for net-2.6 Meanwhile, here is the patch for net-next-2.6 Your patch then can be applied after mine. Thanks [PATCH] net: RCU conversion of dev_getbyhwaddr() and arp_ioctl() dev_getbyhwaddr() was called under RTNL. Rename it to dev_getbyhwaddr_rcu() and change all its caller to now use RCU locking instead of RTNL. Change arp_ioctl() to use RCU instead of RTNL locking. Note: this fix a dev refcount bug in llc Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/core')
-rw-r--r--net/core/dev.c17
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index ee605c0867e..822b15b8d11 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -743,34 +743,31 @@ struct net_device *dev_get_by_index(struct net *net, int ifindex)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_get_by_index);
/**
- * dev_getbyhwaddr - find a device by its hardware address
+ * dev_getbyhwaddr_rcu - find a device by its hardware address
* @net: the applicable net namespace
* @type: media type of device
* @ha: hardware address
*
* Search for an interface by MAC address. Returns NULL if the device
- * is not found or a pointer to the device. The caller must hold the
- * rtnl semaphore. The returned device has not had its ref count increased
+ * is not found or a pointer to the device. The caller must hold RCU
+ * The returned device has not had its ref count increased
* and the caller must therefore be careful about locking
*
- * BUGS:
- * If the API was consistent this would be __dev_get_by_hwaddr
*/
-struct net_device *dev_getbyhwaddr(struct net *net, unsigned short type, char *ha)
+struct net_device *dev_getbyhwaddr_rcu(struct net *net, unsigned short type,
+ const char *ha)
{
struct net_device *dev;
- ASSERT_RTNL();
-
- for_each_netdev(net, dev)
+ for_each_netdev_rcu(net, dev)
if (dev->type == type &&
!memcmp(dev->dev_addr, ha, dev->addr_len))
return dev;
return NULL;
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_getbyhwaddr);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_getbyhwaddr_rcu);
struct net_device *__dev_getfirstbyhwtype(struct net *net, unsigned short type)
{