netdev - [PATCH] ipv6: replace write lock with read lock when get route info

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Date:	Wed, 12 Sep 2012 13:25:53 +0800
From:	roy.qing.li@...il.com
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] ipv6: replace write lock with read lock when get route info

From: Li RongQing <roy.qing.li@...il.com>

geting route info does not write rt->rt6i_table, so replace
write lock with read lock

Signed-off-by: Li RongQing <roy.qing.li@...il.com>
---
 net/ipv6/route.c |    8 ++++----
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 399613b..8be1d86 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -1837,7 +1837,7 @@ static struct rt6_info *rt6_get_route_info(struct net *net,
 	if (!table)
 		return NULL;
 
-	write_lock_bh(&table->tb6_lock);
+	read_lock_bh(&table->tb6_lock);
 	fn = fib6_locate(&table->tb6_root, prefix ,prefixlen, NULL, 0);
 	if (!fn)
 		goto out;
@@ -1853,7 +1853,7 @@ static struct rt6_info *rt6_get_route_info(struct net *net,
 		break;
 	}
 out:
-	write_unlock_bh(&table->tb6_lock);
+	read_unlock_bh(&table->tb6_lock);
 	return rt;
 }
 
@@ -1896,7 +1896,7 @@ struct rt6_info *rt6_get_dflt_router(const struct in6_addr *addr, struct net_dev
 	if (!table)
 		return NULL;
 
-	write_lock_bh(&table->tb6_lock);
+	read_lock_bh(&table->tb6_lock);
 	for (rt = table->tb6_root.leaf; rt; rt=rt->dst.rt6_next) {
 		if (dev == rt->dst.dev &&
 		    ((rt->rt6i_flags & (RTF_ADDRCONF | RTF_DEFAULT)) == (RTF_ADDRCONF | RTF_DEFAULT)) &&
@@ -1905,7 +1905,7 @@ struct rt6_info *rt6_get_dflt_router(const struct in6_addr *addr, struct net_dev
 	}
 	if (rt)
 		dst_hold(&rt->dst);
-	write_unlock_bh(&table->tb6_lock);
+	read_unlock_bh(&table->tb6_lock);
 	return rt;
 }
 
-- 
1.7.4.1

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