netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 3/5] tipc: Optimizations to bearer enabling logic

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Date:	Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:43:56 -0400
From:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
To:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	allan.stephens@...driver.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 3/5] tipc: Optimizations to bearer enabling
 logic

[Re: [PATCH net-next 3/5] tipc: Optimizations to bearer enabling logic] On 18/10/2010 (Mon 06:50) Neil Horman wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 05:31:16PM -0400, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> > On 10-10-15 07:00 AM, Neil Horman wrote:
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> > > This definately looks more concise, but I don't see why its necessecary to drop
> > > the tipc_net_lock around the call to enable_bearer.  The only caler of
> > > tipc_register_media sets the enable_bearer pointer to the enable_bearer
> > > function, and  I' don't see any path through that function which would
> > > potentially retake that lock.  In fact it seems dropping it might be dangerous,
> > > if other paths (like from cfg_named_msg_event), tried to enable a bearer in
> > > parallel with a user space directive from the netlink socket).  With out the
> > > protection of tipc_net_lock, you could use the same eth_bearer twice, and
> > > corrupt that array.
> > 
> > I think it would be protected by config_lock. but in the end if it is
> > just an academic optimization that really isn't in a hot code path
> > anyway, and if it just adds more confusion than real world value, then
> > I'm fine with just dropping this on the floor (and deleting the extra
> > memset in a cleanup patch) -- it won't be the 1st time doing this with
> > these carry forward patches, and I'm sure it won't be the last.
> > 
> 
> Copy that.

And here is all that is left once I drop all the above.  Not much. :)

Thanks again,
Paul.

>From 35b078621c4ca6e6f5a5aed80c34594e00f08c8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Allan Stephens <allan.stephens@...driver.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:09:23 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] tipc: delete needless memset from bearer enabling.

Eliminates zeroing out of the new bearer structure at the start of
activation, since it is already in that state.

Signed-off-by: Allan Stephens <allan.stephens@...driver.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
---
 net/tipc/bearer.c |    2 --
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/tipc/bearer.c b/net/tipc/bearer.c
index fd9c06c..9927d1d 100644
--- a/net/tipc/bearer.c
+++ b/net/tipc/bearer.c
@@ -556,8 +556,6 @@ restart:
 	}
 
 	b_ptr = &tipc_bearers[bearer_id];
-	memset(b_ptr, 0, sizeof(struct bearer));
-
 	strcpy(b_ptr->publ.name, name);
 	res = m_ptr->enable_bearer(&b_ptr->publ);
 	if (res) {
-- 
1.7.2.1

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