From b6c6712a42ca3f9fa7f4a3d7c40e3a9dd1fd9e03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Dumazet Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 23:03:29 +0000 Subject: net: sk_dst_cache RCUification With latest CONFIG_PROVE_RCU stuff, I felt more comfortable to make this work. sk->sk_dst_cache is currently protected by a rwlock (sk_dst_lock) This rwlock is readlocked for a very small amount of time, and dst entries are already freed after RCU grace period. This calls for RCU again :) This patch converts sk_dst_lock to a spinlock, and use RCU for readers. __sk_dst_get() is supposed to be called with rcu_read_lock() or if socket locked by user, so use appropriate rcu_dereference_check() condition (rcu_read_lock_held() || sock_owned_by_user(sk)) This patch avoids two atomic ops per tx packet on UDP connected sockets, for example, and permits sk_dst_lock to be much less dirtied. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/ipv4/af_inet.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'net/ipv4/af_inet.c') diff --git a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c index a0beb32beaa3..193dcd6ed64f 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c +++ b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c @@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ void inet_sock_destruct(struct sock *sk) WARN_ON(sk->sk_forward_alloc); kfree(inet->opt); - dst_release(sk->sk_dst_cache); + dst_release(rcu_dereference_check(sk->sk_dst_cache, 1)); sk_refcnt_debug_dec(sk); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(inet_sock_destruct); -- cgit v1.2.3