netdev - [PATCH 2/2] xfrm: state lookup can be lockless

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Date:   Fri, 23 Sep 2016 09:14:42 +0200
From:   Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>,
        <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] xfrm: state lookup can be lockless

From: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>

This is called from the packet input path, we get lock contention
if many cpus handle ipsec in parallel.

After recent rcu conversion it is safe to call __xfrm_state_lookup
without the spinlock.

Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
---
 net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
index ba8bf51..a38fdea 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
@@ -1431,9 +1431,9 @@ xfrm_state_lookup(struct net *net, u32 mark, const xfrm_address_t *daddr, __be32
 {
 	struct xfrm_state *x;
 
-	spin_lock_bh(&net->xfrm.xfrm_state_lock);
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	x = __xfrm_state_lookup(net, mark, daddr, spi, proto, family);
-	spin_unlock_bh(&net->xfrm.xfrm_state_lock);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 	return x;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(xfrm_state_lookup);
-- 
1.9.1