garp: remove one synchronize_rcu() call
authorEric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Mon, 9 May 2011 03:35:55 +0000 (03:35 +0000)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Mon, 9 May 2011 18:41:40 +0000 (11:41 -0700)
Speedup vlan dismantling in CONFIG_VLAN_8021Q_GVRP=y cases,
by using a call_rcu() to free the memory instead of waiting with
expensive synchronize_rcu() [ while RTNL is held ]

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Cc: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Cc: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
include/net/garp.h
net/802/garp.c

index f4c2959..8cabbf0 100644 (file)
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ struct garp_applicant {
 
 struct garp_port {
        struct garp_applicant __rcu     *applicants[GARP_APPLICATION_MAX + 1];
+       struct rcu_head                 rcu;
 };
 
 extern int     garp_register_application(struct garp_application *app);
index c1df2da..5dbe896 100644 (file)
@@ -544,6 +544,11 @@ static int garp_init_port(struct net_device *dev)
        return 0;
 }
 
+static void garp_kfree_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
+{
+       kfree(container_of(head, struct garp_port, rcu));
+}
+
 static void garp_release_port(struct net_device *dev)
 {
        struct garp_port *port = rtnl_dereference(dev->garp_port);
@@ -554,8 +559,7 @@ static void garp_release_port(struct net_device *dev)
                        return;
        }
        rcu_assign_pointer(dev->garp_port, NULL);
-       synchronize_rcu();
-       kfree(port);
+       call_rcu(&port->rcu, garp_kfree_rcu);
 }
 
 int garp_init_applicant(struct net_device *dev, struct garp_application *appl)