netdev - [PATCH bpf-next v6 1/5] xskmap: Move non-standard list manipulation to helper

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Date:   Fri, 28 Jun 2019 11:12:34 +0200
From:   Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jonathan Lemon <jonathan.lemon@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v6 1/5] xskmap: Move non-standard list manipulation
 to helper

From: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>

Add a helper in list.h for the non-standard way of clearing a list that is
used in xskmap. This makes it easier to reuse it in the other map types,
and also makes sure this usage is not forgotten in any list refactorings in
the future.

Signed-off-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>
---
 include/linux/list.h |   14 ++++++++++++++
 kernel/bpf/xskmap.c  |    3 +--
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/list.h b/include/linux/list.h
index e951228db4b2..85c92555e31f 100644
--- a/include/linux/list.h
+++ b/include/linux/list.h
@@ -106,6 +106,20 @@ static inline void __list_del(struct list_head * prev, struct list_head * next)
 	WRITE_ONCE(prev->next, next);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Delete a list entry and clear the 'prev' pointer.
+ *
+ * This is a special-purpose list clearing method used in the networking code
+ * for lists allocated as per-cpu, where we don't want to incur the extra
+ * WRITE_ONCE() overhead of a regular list_del_init(). The code that uses this
+ * needs to check the node 'prev' pointer instead of calling list_empty().
+ */
+static inline void __list_del_clearprev(struct list_head *entry)
+{
+	__list_del(entry->prev, entry->next);
+	entry->prev = NULL;
+}
+
 /**
  * list_del - deletes entry from list.
  * @entry: the element to delete from the list.
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/xskmap.c b/kernel/bpf/xskmap.c
index ef7338cebd18..9bb96ace9fa1 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/xskmap.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/xskmap.c
@@ -145,8 +145,7 @@ void __xsk_map_flush(struct bpf_map *map)
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(xs, tmp, flush_list, flush_node) {
 		xsk_flush(xs);
-		__list_del(xs->flush_node.prev, xs->flush_node.next);
-		xs->flush_node.prev = NULL;
+		__list_del_clearprev(&xs->flush_node);
 	}
 }