Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> But if you only ever add it to the list that one time, then the
> list_for_each_entry_rcu() could become list_for_each_entry(), and
> rcu_read_lock() and rcu_read_unlock() are not needed. Again, this
> assumes that the memory is never reused after being removed from the list.
That is what I wanted to confirm. v1, v2, v3 are added to the list only
once, and mymodule.ko containing v1, v2, v3 are not unload-able.
> Note that in this case module unload followed by module reload is tricky.
> You have to "wait long enough" between unload and load. Or you need an
> orderly teardown of some sort.
Yes, I'm aware of that.
> > Assumptions are:
> >
> > (1) v1, v2, v3 are statically allocated variables inside module,
> > while my_lock, my_list, add_entry(), del_entry(), reader()
> > are built-in.
>
> When you say that my_lock and my_list are built-in, you mean that they
> are defined in the base kernel rather than in the module? (I was assuming
> that they were defined in the module.)
I meant built-in as built into vmlinux. That is, my_lock, my_list,
add_entry(), del_entry(), reader() are defined in vmlinux , and v1, v2, v3
are defined in mymodule.ko .
>
> > (2) v1, v2, v3 are added to my_list only once upon module load
> >
> > (3) v1, v2, v3 might be removed from my_list some time later after
> > module was loaded
>
> Again, module unload followed by module load will be a bit dicey. Other
> than that, it should work.
>
> Thanx, Paul
>
If someone really needs to implement unload-able modules, he/she can
split such modules into non unload-able component and unload-able
component.
-------- non unload-able component --------
static DEFINE_SRCU(my_srcu_lock);
static int (*do_getvalue)(void);
static int mywrapper_getvalue(void)
{
const int idx = srcu_read_lock(&my_srcu_lock);
const typeof(do_getvalue) func = do_getvalue;
const int ret = func ? func() : 0;
srcu_read_unlock(&my_srcu_lock, idx);
return ret;
}
void mywrapper_register(typeof(do_getvalue) func)
{
do_getvalue = func;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mywrapper_register);
void mywrapper_unregister(void)
{
do_getvalue = NULL;
synchronize_srcu(&my_srcu_lock);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mywrapper_unregister);
struct my_struct {
struct list_head list;
const int (*func)(void);
} v1 = { .func = mywrapper_getvalue };
static int __init mywrapper_init(void)
{
add_entry(&v1);
return 0;
}
module_init(mywrapper_init);
-------- non unload-able component --------
-------- unload-able component --------
static int do_getvalue(void)
{
return (...snipped...);
}
static int __init mymodule_init(void)
{
mywrapper_register(do_getvalue);
return 0;
}
module_init(mymodule_init);
static void mymodule_exit(void)
{
mywrapper_unregister();
}
module_exit(mymodule_exit);
-------- unload-able component --------
Thank you.
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