netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] ipv6: no more dev_put() in datagram_send

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Date:	Mon, 2 Nov 2009 14:35:25 -0800
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] ipv6: no more dev_put() in
	datagram_send_ctl()

On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 12:21:06PM +0100, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> Avoids touching device refcount in datagram_send_ctl(), thanks to RCU

Quite a series of patches!!!  I am impressed!!!

							Thanx, Paul

> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> ---
>  net/ipv6/datagram.c |   14 +++++++++-----
>  1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/ipv6/datagram.c b/net/ipv6/datagram.c
> index 9f70452..e6f9cdf 100644
> --- a/net/ipv6/datagram.c
> +++ b/net/ipv6/datagram.c
> @@ -537,12 +537,17 @@ int datagram_send_ctl(struct net *net,
> 
>  			addr_type = __ipv6_addr_type(&src_info->ipi6_addr);
> 
> +			rcu_read_lock();
>  			if (fl->oif) {
> -				dev = dev_get_by_index(net, fl->oif);
> -				if (!dev)
> +				dev = dev_get_by_index_rcu(net, fl->oif);
> +				if (!dev) {
> +					rcu_read_unlock();
>  					return -ENODEV;
> -			} else if (addr_type & IPV6_ADDR_LINKLOCAL)
> +				}
> +			} else if (addr_type & IPV6_ADDR_LINKLOCAL) {
> +				rcu_read_unlock();
>  				return -EINVAL;
> +			}
> 
>  			if (addr_type != IPV6_ADDR_ANY) {
>  				int strict = __ipv6_addr_src_scope(addr_type) <= IPV6_ADDR_SCOPE_LINKLOCAL;
> @@ -553,8 +558,7 @@ int datagram_send_ctl(struct net *net,
>  					ipv6_addr_copy(&fl->fl6_src, &src_info->ipi6_addr);
>  			}
> 
> -			if (dev)
> -				dev_put(dev);
> +			rcu_read_unlock();
> 
>  			if (err)
>  				goto exit_f;
> --
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