From: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV•linux.org.uk>
To: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail•com>
Cc: Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@vger•kernel.org>,
Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu•com>,
Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli•us>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/7] get rid of tc_u_common ->rcu
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2018 05:28:56 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180907042856.GB19965@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAM_iQpWnydTkLYwmZq2gQPnNBTS6E0iNNgy1zsmYFcXkKJAnTw@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 09:18:47PM -0700, Cong Wang wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 12:04 PM Al Viro <viro@zeniv•linux.org.uk> wrote:
> >
> > From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv•linux.org.uk>
> >
> > unused
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv•linux.org.uk>
> > ---
> > net/sched/cls_u32.c | 1 -
> > 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/net/sched/cls_u32.c b/net/sched/cls_u32.c
> > index 8a1a573487bd..be9240ae1417 100644
> > --- a/net/sched/cls_u32.c
> > +++ b/net/sched/cls_u32.c
> > @@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ struct tc_u_common {
> > int refcnt;
> > struct idr handle_idr;
> > struct hlist_node hnode;
> > - struct rcu_head rcu;
> > };
>
> Just FYI:
>
> This was added when RCU was introduced to u32 fast path,
> it looks like on fast path we never touch tc_u_common, we
> only use tp->root, all the rest are slow paths with RTNL lock,
> so it is probably fine to just remove it rather than converting
> that kfree() to kfree_rcu().
*nod*
In any case, if u32_classify() grows that dereference, we can always
re-add ->rcu at the same time.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-09-07 9:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-09-05 19:01 [PATCHES] cls_u32 cleanups and fixes Al Viro
2018-09-05 19:04 ` [PATCH 1/7] fix hnode refcounting Al Viro
2018-09-05 19:04 ` [PATCH 2/7] mark root hnode explicitly Al Viro
2018-09-06 10:28 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2018-09-06 10:34 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2018-09-06 10:42 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2018-09-06 10:59 ` Al Viro
2018-09-06 11:04 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2018-09-07 2:57 ` Cong Wang
2018-09-07 3:04 ` Al Viro
2018-09-07 3:23 ` Cong Wang
2018-09-07 3:49 ` Al Viro
2018-09-07 4:14 ` Cong Wang
2018-09-05 19:04 ` [PATCH 3/7] make sure that divisor is a power of 2 Al Viro
2018-09-06 10:28 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2018-09-05 19:04 ` [PATCH 4/7] get rid of unused argument of u32_destroy_key() Al Viro
2018-09-06 10:34 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2018-09-05 19:04 ` [PATCH 5/7] get rid of tc_u_knode ->tp Al Viro
2018-09-06 10:35 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2018-09-05 19:04 ` [PATCH 6/7] get rid of tc_u_common ->rcu Al Viro
2018-09-06 10:36 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2018-09-07 4:18 ` Cong Wang
2018-09-07 4:28 ` Al Viro [this message]
2018-09-05 19:04 ` [PATCH 7/7] clean tc_u_common hashtable Al Viro
2018-09-06 10:36 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2018-09-06 10:21 ` [PATCH 1/7] fix hnode refcounting Jamal Hadi Salim
2018-09-07 2:35 ` Al Viro
2018-09-07 12:13 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2018-09-07 12:33 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2018-09-08 15:03 ` Al Viro
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