ipv6: mcast: RCU conversion

Browse source

ipv6_sk_mc_lock rwlock becomes a spinlock.

readers (inet6_mc_check()) now takes rcu_read_lock() instead of read
lock. Writers dont need to disable BH anymore.

struct ipv6_mc_socklist objects are reclaimed after one RCU grace
period.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

...

This commit is contained in:

Eric Dumazet 2010-11-23 13:12:15 +00:00 • committed by David S. Miller

parent 2757a15f08

commit 456b61bca8

3 changed files with 47 additions and 33 deletions

Show all changes Ignore whitespace when comparing lines Ignore changes in amount of whitespace Ignore changes in whitespace at EOL

Download patch file Download diff file Expand all files Collapse all files

2

include/linux/ipv6.h

View file

3

include/net/if_inet6.h

View file

75

net/ipv6/mcast.c

View file