On 21/09/17 09:43, Jiri Pirko wrote: > From: Yotam Gigi <yot...@mellanox.com> > > Next commits will introduce MFC notifications through the atomic > fib_notification chain, thus allowing modules to be aware of MFC entries. > > Due to the fact that modules may need to hold a reference to an MFC entry, > add reference count to MFC entries to prevent them from being freed while > these modules use them. > > The reference counting is done only on resolved MFC entries currently. > > Signed-off-by: Yotam Gigi <yot...@mellanox.com> > Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <ido...@mellanox.com> > Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <j...@mellanox.com> > --- > include/linux/mroute.h | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ > net/ipv4/ipmr.c | 8 +++++--- > 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/include/linux/mroute.h b/include/linux/mroute.h > index d7f6333..2f88e3d 100644 > --- a/include/linux/mroute.h > +++ b/include/linux/mroute.h > @@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ struct mfc_cache { > unsigned long wrong_if; > unsigned long lastuse; > unsigned char ttls[MAXVIFS]; > + refcount_t refcount;
There's a struct comment above that has a short description for each entry, I know it seems redundant, but could you please add one for this ? > } res; > } mfc_un; > struct list_head list; > @@ -148,4 +149,23 @@ struct rtmsg; > int ipmr_get_route(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb, > __be32 saddr, __be32 daddr, > struct rtmsg *rtm, u32 portid); > + > +#ifdef CONFIG_IP_MROUTE > +void ipmr_cache_free(struct mfc_cache *mfc_cache); > +#else > +static inline void ipmr_cache_free(struct mfc_cache *mfc_cache) > +{ > +} > +#endif > + > +static inline void ipmr_cache_put(struct mfc_cache *c) > +{ > + if (refcount_dec_and_test(&c->mfc_un.res.refcount)) > + ipmr_cache_free(c); > +} > +static inline void ipmr_cache_hold(struct mfc_cache *c) > +{ > + refcount_inc(&c->mfc_un.res.refcount); > +} > + > #endif > diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c > index c9b3e6e..86dc5f9 100644 > --- a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c > +++ b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c > @@ -652,10 +652,11 @@ static void ipmr_cache_free_rcu(struct rcu_head *head) > kmem_cache_free(mrt_cachep, c); > } > > -static inline void ipmr_cache_free(struct mfc_cache *c) > +void ipmr_cache_free(struct mfc_cache *c) > { > call_rcu(&c->rcu, ipmr_cache_free_rcu); > } > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(ipmr_cache_free); > > /* Destroy an unresolved cache entry, killing queued skbs > * and reporting error to netlink readers. > @@ -949,6 +950,7 @@ static struct mfc_cache *ipmr_cache_alloc(void) > if (c) { > c->mfc_un.res.last_assert = jiffies - MFC_ASSERT_THRESH - 1; > c->mfc_un.res.minvif = MAXVIFS; > + refcount_set(&c->mfc_un.res.refcount, 1); > } > return c; > } > @@ -1162,7 +1164,7 @@ static int ipmr_mfc_delete(struct mr_table *mrt, struct > mfcctl *mfc, int parent) > rhltable_remove(&mrt->mfc_hash, &c->mnode, ipmr_rht_params); > list_del_rcu(&c->list); > mroute_netlink_event(mrt, c, RTM_DELROUTE); > - ipmr_cache_free(c); > + ipmr_cache_put(c); > > return 0; > } > @@ -1264,7 +1266,7 @@ static void mroute_clean_tables(struct mr_table *mrt, > bool all) > rhltable_remove(&mrt->mfc_hash, &c->mnode, ipmr_rht_params); > list_del_rcu(&c->list); > mroute_netlink_event(mrt, c, RTM_DELROUTE); > - ipmr_cache_free(c); > + ipmr_cache_put(c); > } > > if (atomic_read(&mrt->cache_resolve_queue_len) != 0) { >