netfilter: nft_rbtree: no need for spinlock from set destroy path
authorPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Tue, 2 Sep 2014 09:29:56 +0000 (11:29 +0200)
committerPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Wed, 3 Sep 2014 08:57:08 +0000 (10:57 +0200)
The sets are released from the rcu callback, after the rule is removed
from the chain list, which implies that nfnetlink cannot update the
rbtree and no packets are walking on the set anymore. Thus, we can get
rid of the spinlock in the set destroy path there.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Reviewied-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
net/netfilter/nft_rbtree.c

index e1836ff..46214f2 100644 (file)
@@ -234,13 +234,11 @@ static void nft_rbtree_destroy(const struct nft_set *set)
        struct nft_rbtree_elem *rbe;
        struct rb_node *node;
 
-       spin_lock_bh(&nft_rbtree_lock);
        while ((node = priv->root.rb_node) != NULL) {
                rb_erase(node, &priv->root);
                rbe = rb_entry(node, struct nft_rbtree_elem, node);
                nft_rbtree_elem_destroy(set, rbe);
        }
-       spin_unlock_bh(&nft_rbtree_lock);
 }
 
 static bool nft_rbtree_estimate(const struct nft_set_desc *desc, u32 features,