On Fri 23 Aug 2019 at 02:03, Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicin...@netronome.com>
wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Aug 2019 15:43:49 +0300, Vlad Buslov wrote:
>> diff --git a/net/sched/cls_api.c b/net/sched/cls_api.c
>> index 02a547aa77c0..bda42f1b5514 100644
>> --- a/net/sched/cls_api.c
>> +++ b/net/sched/cls_api.c
>> @@ -3076,11 +3076,28 @@ __tc_setup_cb_call(struct tcf_block *block, enum
>> tc_setup_type type,
>> int tc_setup_cb_call(struct tcf_block *block, enum tc_setup_type type,
>> void *type_data, bool err_stop, bool rtnl_held)
>> {
>> + bool take_rtnl = false;
>
> Should we perhaps speculatively:
>
> bool take_rtnl = READ_ONCE(block->lockeddevcnt);
>
> here? It shouldn't hurt, really, and otherwise every offload that
> requires rtnl will have to re-lock cb_lock, every single time..
Great idea! This looks like a straightforward opportunity for
optimization.
>
>> int ok_count;
>>
>> +retry:
>> + if (take_rtnl)
>> + rtnl_lock();
>> down_read(&block->cb_lock);
>> + /* Need to obtain rtnl lock if block is bound to devs that require it.
>> + * In block bind code cb_lock is obtained while holding rtnl, so we must
>> + * obtain the locks in same order here.
>> + */
>> + if (!rtnl_held && !take_rtnl && block->lockeddevcnt) {
>> + up_read(&block->cb_lock);
>> + take_rtnl = true;
>> + goto retry;
>> + }
>> +
>> ok_count = __tc_setup_cb_call(block, type, type_data, err_stop);
>> +
>> up_read(&block->cb_lock);
>> + if (take_rtnl)
>> + rtnl_unlock();
>> return ok_count;
>> }
>> EXPORT_SYMBOL(tc_setup_cb_call);
