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authorEric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>2012-08-22 21:19:46 +0400
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2012-08-23 08:50:36 +0400
commit0115e8e30d6fcdd4b8faa30d3ffd90859a591f51 (patch)
tree725026e2192e57b98366947ab53c73689ca040a8 /include/linux/netdevice.h
parentbf277b0ccea7d2422b85e232017ce3fddbe9c49c (diff)
downloadlinux-0115e8e30d6fcdd4b8faa30d3ffd90859a591f51.tar.xz
net: remove delay at device dismantle
I noticed extra one second delay in device dismantle, tracked down to a call to dst_dev_event() while some call_rcu() are still in RCU queues. These call_rcu() were posted by rt_free(struct rtable *rt) calls. We then wait a little (but one second) in netdev_wait_allrefs() before kicking again NETDEV_UNREGISTER. As the call_rcu() are now completed, dst_dev_event() can do the needed device swap on busy dst. To solve this problem, add a new NETDEV_UNREGISTER_FINAL, called after a rcu_barrier(), but outside of RTNL lock. Use NETDEV_UNREGISTER_FINAL with care ! Change dst_dev_event() handler to react to NETDEV_UNREGISTER_FINAL Also remove NETDEV_UNREGISTER_BATCH, as its not used anymore after IP cache removal. With help from Gao feng Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Cc: Tom Herbert <therbert@google.com> Cc: Mahesh Bandewar <maheshb@google.com> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Cc: Gao feng <gaofeng@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/netdevice.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/netdevice.h2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 4936f09a9333..9ad7fa8c10e0 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1553,7 +1553,7 @@ struct packet_type {
#define NETDEV_PRE_TYPE_CHANGE 0x000E
#define NETDEV_POST_TYPE_CHANGE 0x000F
#define NETDEV_POST_INIT 0x0010
-#define NETDEV_UNREGISTER_BATCH 0x0011
+#define NETDEV_UNREGISTER_FINAL 0x0011
#define NETDEV_RELEASE 0x0012
#define NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS 0x0013
#define NETDEV_JOIN 0x0014