netdev - [PATCH net-next 0/8] tipc: convert name table read-write lock to RCU

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Date:	Tue, 2 Dec 2014 15:00:22 +0800
From:	Ying Xue <ying.xue@...driver.com>
To:	<davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	<jon.maloy@...csson.com>, <Paul.Gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	<erik.hugne@...csson.com>, <richard.alpe@...csson.com>,
	<tero.aho@...iant.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<tipc-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 0/8] tipc: convert name table read-write lock to RCU

Now TIPC name table is statically allocated and is protected with a
Read-Write lock. To enhance the performance of TIPC name table lookup,
we are going to involve RCU lock to protect the name table. As a
consequence, it becomes lockless to concurrently look up name table on
read side. However, before the conversion can be successfully made,
the following two things must be first done:

- change allocation way of name table from static to dynamic
- fix several incorrect locking policy issues

Ying Xue (8):
  tipc: remove size variable from publ_list struct
  tipc: make name table allocated dynamically
  tipc: ensure all name sequences are released when name table is
    stopped
  tipc: ensure all name sequences are properly protected with its lock
  tipc: any name table member must be protected under name table lock
  tipc: simplify relationship between name table lock and node lock
  tipc: remove unnecessary INIT_LIST_HEAD
  tipc: convert name table read-write lock to RCU

 include/linux/rculist.h |    9 +++
 net/tipc/name_distr.c   |   83 +++++++------------
 net/tipc/name_table.c   |  202 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
 net/tipc/name_table.h   |   20 ++++-
 net/tipc/subscr.c       |    1 -
 5 files changed, 157 insertions(+), 158 deletions(-)

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1.7.9.5

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