netdev - [PATCH net-next 4/7] rtnetlink: small rtnl lock pushdown

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Date:   Tue,  8 Aug 2017 18:02:33 +0200
From:   Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
To:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 4/7] rtnetlink: small rtnl lock pushdown

instead of rtnl lock/unload at the top level, push it down
to the called function.

This is just an intermediate step, next commit switches protection
of the rtnl_link ops table to rcu, in which case (for dumps) the
rtnl lock is acquired only by the netlink dumper infrastructure
(current lock/unlock/dump/lock/unlock rtnl sequence becomes
 rcu lock/rcu unlock/dump).

Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
Reviewed-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
---
 net/core/rtnetlink.c | 19 +++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index c45a7c5e3232..be01d8e48661 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -4178,9 +4178,11 @@ static int rtnetlink_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 		rtnl_dumpit_func dumpit;
 		u16 min_dump_alloc = 0;
 
+		rtnl_lock();
+
 		dumpit = rtnl_get_dumpit(family, type);
 		if (dumpit == NULL)
-			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+			goto err_unlock;
 
 		refcount_inc(&rtnl_msg_handlers_ref[family]);
 
@@ -4196,23 +4198,28 @@ static int rtnetlink_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 			};
 			err = netlink_dump_start(rtnl, skb, nlh, &c);
 		}
-		rtnl_lock();
 		refcount_dec(&rtnl_msg_handlers_ref[family]);
 		return err;
 	}
 
+	rtnl_lock();
 	doit = rtnl_get_doit(family, type);
 	if (doit == NULL)
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		goto err_unlock;
 
-	return doit(skb, nlh, extack);
+	err = doit(skb, nlh, extack);
+	rtnl_unlock();
+
+	return err;
+
+err_unlock:
+	rtnl_unlock();
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 }
 
 static void rtnetlink_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	rtnl_lock();
 	netlink_rcv_skb(skb, &rtnetlink_rcv_msg);
-	rtnl_unlock();
 }
 
 static int rtnetlink_bind(struct net *net, int group)
-- 
2.13.0