From 97ede29e80eead50d8bd533cf163401b88c027be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ying Xue Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 15:00:30 +0800 Subject: tipc: convert name table read-write lock to RCU Convert tipc name table read-write lock to RCU. After this change, a new spin lock is used to protect name table on write side while RCU is applied on read side. Signed-off-by: Ying Xue Reviewed-by: Erik Hugne Reviewed-by: Jon Maloy Tested-by: Erik Hugne Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/tipc/name_table.h | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'net/tipc/name_table.h') diff --git a/net/tipc/name_table.h b/net/tipc/name_table.h index c1fd734eb0d5..5f0dee92010d 100644 --- a/net/tipc/name_table.h +++ b/net/tipc/name_table.h @@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ struct tipc_port_list; * @node_list: adjacent matching name seq publications with >= node scope * @cluster_list: adjacent matching name seq publications with >= cluster scope * @zone_list: adjacent matching name seq publications with >= zone scope + * @rcu: RCU callback head used for deferred freeing * * Note that the node list, cluster list, and zone list are circular lists. */ @@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ struct publication { struct list_head node_list; struct list_head cluster_list; struct list_head zone_list; + struct rcu_head rcu; }; /** @@ -93,7 +95,7 @@ struct name_table { u32 local_publ_count; }; -extern rwlock_t tipc_nametbl_lock; +extern spinlock_t tipc_nametbl_lock; extern struct name_table *tipc_nametbl; int tipc_nl_name_table_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb); -- cgit v1.2.3