netdev - [PATCH net-next] fib6: use FIB_LOOKUP_NOREF in fib6_rule

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Date:	Wed, 13 Oct 2010 14:45:40 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] fib6: use FIB_LOOKUP_NOREF in fib6_rule_lookup()

Avoid two atomic ops on found rule in fib6_rule_lookup()

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
---
 net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c |    3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c b/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c
index b1108ed..d829874 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c
@@ -34,11 +34,10 @@ struct dst_entry *fib6_rule_lookup(struct net *net, struct flowi *fl,
 {
 	struct fib_lookup_arg arg = {
 		.lookup_ptr = lookup,
+		.flags = FIB_LOOKUP_NOREF,
 	};
 
 	fib_rules_lookup(net->ipv6.fib6_rules_ops, fl, flags, &arg);
-	if (arg.rule)
-		fib_rule_put(arg.rule);
 
 	if (arg.result)
 		return arg.result;


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