netdev - [PATCH 1/4] net: add sock 'sk_no

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Date:   Tue, 12 Apr 2022 14:26:10 -0600
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     io-uring@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] net: add sock 'sk_no_lock' member

In preparation for allowing lockless access to the socket for specialized
use cases, add a member denoting that the socket supports this.

No functional changes in this patch.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
---
 include/net/sock.h | 3 +++
 net/core/sock.c    | 1 +
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index c4b91fc19b9c..e8283a65b757 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ typedef __u64 __bitwise __addrpair;
  *	@skc_reuseport: %SO_REUSEPORT setting
  *	@skc_ipv6only: socket is IPV6 only
  *	@skc_net_refcnt: socket is using net ref counting
+ *	@skc_no_lock: socket is private, no locking needed
  *	@skc_bound_dev_if: bound device index if != 0
  *	@skc_bind_node: bind hash linkage for various protocol lookup tables
  *	@skc_portaddr_node: second hash linkage for UDP/UDP-Lite protocol
@@ -190,6 +191,7 @@ struct sock_common {
 	unsigned char		skc_reuseport:1;
 	unsigned char		skc_ipv6only:1;
 	unsigned char		skc_net_refcnt:1;
+	unsigned char		skc_no_lock:1;
 	int			skc_bound_dev_if;
 	union {
 		struct hlist_node	skc_bind_node;
@@ -382,6 +384,7 @@ struct sock {
 #define sk_reuseport		__sk_common.skc_reuseport
 #define sk_ipv6only		__sk_common.skc_ipv6only
 #define sk_net_refcnt		__sk_common.skc_net_refcnt
+#define sk_no_lock		__sk_common.skc_no_lock
 #define sk_bound_dev_if		__sk_common.skc_bound_dev_if
 #define sk_bind_node		__sk_common.skc_bind_node
 #define sk_prot			__sk_common.skc_prot
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 1180a0cb0110..fec892b384a4 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -2101,6 +2101,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(sk_free);
 
 static void sk_init_common(struct sock *sk)
 {
+	sk->sk_no_lock = false;
 	skb_queue_head_init(&sk->sk_receive_queue);
 	skb_queue_head_init(&sk->sk_write_queue);
 	skb_queue_head_init(&sk->sk_error_queue);
-- 
2.35.1