netdev - [PATCH 1/3] cnic: Don't take rcu_read_lock in cnic_rcv

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Message-ID: <1401491923-5480-2-git-send-email-mchan@broadcom.com>
Date:	Fri, 30 May 2014 16:18:41 -0700
From:	Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>
To:	<davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <nhorman@...driver.com>,
	Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] cnic: Don't take rcu_read_lock in cnic_rcv_netevent()

Because the called function, such as bnx2fc_indicate_netevent(), can sleep,
we cannot take rcu_lock().  To prevent the rcu protected ulp_ops from going
away, we use the cnic_lock mutex and set the ULP_F_CALL_PENDING flag.
The code already waits for ULP_F_CALL_PENDING flag to clear in
cnic_unregister_device().

Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/cnic.c |   15 +++++++++++----
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/cnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/cnic.c
index 09f3fef..7f40a2c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/cnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/cnic.c
@@ -5624,20 +5624,27 @@ static void cnic_rcv_netevent(struct cnic_local *cp, unsigned long event,
 {
 	int if_type;
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
 	for (if_type = 0; if_type < MAX_CNIC_ULP_TYPE; if_type++) {
 		struct cnic_ulp_ops *ulp_ops;
 		void *ctx;
 
-		ulp_ops = rcu_dereference(cp->ulp_ops[if_type]);
-		if (!ulp_ops || !ulp_ops->indicate_netevent)
+		mutex_lock(&cnic_lock);
+		ulp_ops = rcu_dereference_protected(cp->ulp_ops[if_type],
+						lockdep_is held(&cnic_lock));
+		if (!ulp_ops || !ulp_ops->indicate_netevent) {
+			mutex_unlock(&cnic_lock);
 			continue;
+		}
 
 		ctx = cp->ulp_handle[if_type];
 
+		set_bit(ULP_F_CALL_PENDING, &cp->ulp_flags[if_type]);
+		mutex_unlock(&cnic_lock);
+
 		ulp_ops->indicate_netevent(ctx, event, vlan_id);
+
+		clear_bit(ULP_F_CALL_PENDING, &cp->ulp_flags[if_type]);
 	}
-	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
 /* netdev event handler */
-- 
1.7.1

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