netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv6: avoid taking locks at socket dismantle

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Date:	Wed, 5 Dec 2012 16:07:16 -0500
From:	David Stevens <dlstevens@...ibm.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, netdev-owner@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv6: avoid taking locks at socket dismantle

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> ipv6_sock_mc_close() is called for ipv6 sockets at close time, and most
> of them don't use multicast.
> 
> Add a test to avoid contention on a shared spinlock.
> 
> Same heuristic applies for ipv6_sock_ac_close(), to avoid contention
> on a shared rwlock.

        What prevents a different thread from racing with the
tests for NULL on these?

                                                +-DLS


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