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Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:43:47 +0200 From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> To: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> Cc: netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org> Subject: [PATCH] ipv6: use RCU in inet6_csk_xmit() Use RCU to avoid changing dst_entry refcount in fast path. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> --- net/ipv6/inet6_connection_sock.c | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/ipv6/inet6_connection_sock.c b/net/ipv6/inet6_connection_sock.c index 8a58e8c..2916200 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/inet6_connection_sock.c +++ b/net/ipv6/inet6_connection_sock.c @@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ int inet6_csk_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct flowi *fl_unused) struct flowi6 fl6; struct dst_entry *dst; struct in6_addr *final_p, final; + int res; memset(&fl6, 0, sizeof(fl6)); fl6.flowi6_proto = sk->sk_protocol; @@ -241,12 +242,14 @@ int inet6_csk_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct flowi *fl_unused) __inet6_csk_dst_store(sk, dst, NULL, NULL); } - skb_dst_set(skb, dst_clone(dst)); + rcu_read_lock(); + skb_dst_set_noref(skb, dst); /* Restore final destination back after routing done */ ipv6_addr_copy(&fl6.daddr, &np->daddr); - return ip6_xmit(sk, skb, &fl6, np->opt); + res = ip6_xmit(sk, skb, &fl6, np->opt); + rcu_read_unlock(); + return res; } - EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(inet6_csk_xmit); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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