From f0b07bb151b098d291fd1fd71ef7a2df56fb124a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kirill Tkhai Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2018 19:20:32 +0300 Subject: net: Introduce net_rwsem to protect net_namespace_list rtnl_lock() is used everywhere, and contention is very high. When someone wants to iterate over alive net namespaces, he/she has no a possibility to do that without exclusive lock. But the exclusive rtnl_lock() in such places is overkill, and it just increases the contention. Yes, there is already for_each_net_rcu() in kernel, but it requires rcu_read_lock(), and this can't be sleepable. Also, sometimes it may be need really prevent net_namespace_list growth, so for_each_net_rcu() is not fit there. This patch introduces new rw_semaphore, which will be used instead of rtnl_mutex to protect net_namespace_list. It is sleepable and allows not-exclusive iterations over net namespaces list. It allows to stop using rtnl_lock() in several places (what is made in next patches) and makes less the time, we keep rtnl_mutex. Here we just add new lock, while the explanation of we can remove rtnl_lock() there are in next patches. Fine grained locks generally are better, then one big lock, so let's do that with net_namespace_list, while the situation allows that. Signed-off-by: Kirill Tkhai Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/core/dev.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'net/core/dev.c') diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index e13807b5c84d..eca5458b2753 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -1629,6 +1629,7 @@ int register_netdevice_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb) goto unlock; if (dev_boot_phase) goto unlock; + down_read(&net_rwsem); for_each_net(net) { for_each_netdev(net, dev) { err = call_netdevice_notifier(nb, NETDEV_REGISTER, dev); @@ -1642,6 +1643,7 @@ int register_netdevice_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb) call_netdevice_notifier(nb, NETDEV_UP, dev); } } + up_read(&net_rwsem); unlock: rtnl_unlock(); @@ -1664,6 +1666,7 @@ rollback: } outroll: + up_read(&net_rwsem); raw_notifier_chain_unregister(&netdev_chain, nb); goto unlock; } @@ -1694,6 +1697,7 @@ int unregister_netdevice_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb) if (err) goto unlock; + down_read(&net_rwsem); for_each_net(net) { for_each_netdev(net, dev) { if (dev->flags & IFF_UP) { @@ -1704,6 +1708,7 @@ int unregister_netdevice_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb) call_netdevice_notifier(nb, NETDEV_UNREGISTER, dev); } } + up_read(&net_rwsem); unlock: rtnl_unlock(); return err; -- cgit v1.2.3