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Kirill Tkhai f0b07bb151 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 <ktkhai@virtuozzo.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2018-03-29 13:47:53 -04:00
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core net: Introduce net_rwsem to protect net_namespace_list 2018-03-29 13:47:53 -04:00
hw net: Drop NETDEV_UNREGISTER_FINAL 2018-03-26 11:34:00 -04:00
sw RDMAVT: Fix synchronization around percpu_ref 2018-03-14 12:10:18 -07:00
ulp IB/ipoib: Do not warn if IPoIB debugfs doesn't exist 2018-02-15 14:59:43 -07:00
Kconfig Second pull request for 4.16 merge window 2018-02-06 11:09:45 -08:00
Makefile IB/rdmavt: Create module framework and handle driver registration 2016-03-10 20:37:04 -05:00