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Message-ID: <CAE4R7bA92RfcrSSzq8LdLoM37TNaMRdNbuK2Mz-pYHYKpuZ77w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 12 Oct 2015 23:46:51 -0700
From:	Scott Feldman <sfeldma@...il.com>
To:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Cc:	Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>,
	Elad Raz <eladr@...lanox.com>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
	Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>,
	"andrew@...n.ch" <andrew@...n.ch>,
	john fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
	David Laight <David.Laight@...lab.com>,
	"stephen@...workplumber.org" <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Subject: Re: [patch net-next v4 5/7] bridge: defer switchdev fdb del call in fdb_del_external_learn

On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 11:05 PM, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us> wrote:
> Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 05:28:20AM CEST, sfeldma@...il.com wrote:
>>On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 11:03 AM, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us> wrote:
>>> From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
>>>
>>> Since spinlock is held here, defer the switchdev operation.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
>>> ---
>>>  net/bridge/br_fdb.c | 5 ++++-
>>>  net/bridge/br_if.c  | 3 +++
>>>  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/net/bridge/br_fdb.c b/net/bridge/br_fdb.c
>>> index f5e7da0..c88bd8e 100644
>>> --- a/net/bridge/br_fdb.c
>>> +++ b/net/bridge/br_fdb.c
>>> @@ -134,7 +134,10 @@ static void fdb_del_hw_addr(struct net_bridge *br, const unsigned char *addr)
>>>  static void fdb_del_external_learn(struct net_bridge_fdb_entry *f)
>>>  {
>>>         struct switchdev_obj_port_fdb fdb = {
>>> -               .obj.id = SWITCHDEV_OBJ_ID_PORT_FDB,
>>> +               .obj = {
>>> +                       .id = SWITCHDEV_OBJ_ID_PORT_FDB,
>>> +                       .flags = SWITCHDEV_F_DEFER,
>>> +               },
>>>                 .vid = f->vlan_id,
>>>         };
>>>
>>> diff --git a/net/bridge/br_if.c b/net/bridge/br_if.c
>>> index 934cae9..09147cb 100644
>>> --- a/net/bridge/br_if.c
>>> +++ b/net/bridge/br_if.c
>>> @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
>>>  #include <linux/slab.h>
>>>  #include <net/sock.h>
>>>  #include <linux/if_vlan.h>
>>> +#include <net/switchdev.h>
>>>
>>>  #include "br_private.h"
>>>
>>> @@ -249,6 +250,8 @@ static void del_nbp(struct net_bridge_port *p)
>>>         list_del_rcu(&p->list);
>>>
>>>         br_fdb_delete_by_port(br, p, 0, 1);
>>> +       switchdev_flush_deferred();
>>> +
>>
>>This potentially flushes other (valid) work on the deferred queue not
>>related to FDB del.
>
> flush_deferred is implemented by flush_workqueue. This enforces the
> workqueue to be processed heve and sleeps until it is done. Nothing is
> lost.

My bad, I saw "flush" and assumed everything went down the toilet.

Acked-by: Scott Feldman <sfeldma@...il.com>
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