Hi, Martin KaFai Lau wrote: > The patch checks neigh->nud_state before acquiring the writer lock. > Note that rt6_probe() is only used in CONFIG_IPV6_ROUTER_PREF.
You have to take "some" lock when accessing neigh->nud_state theoretically. > > I also take this chance to re-arrange the code. No, please do not mix multiple changes. > > 40 udpflood processes and a /64 gateway route are used. > The gateway has NUD_PERMANENT. Each of them is run for 30s. > At the end, the total number of finished sendto(): > > Before After > 55M 95M > > Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <ka...@fb.com> > Cc: Hannes Frederic Sowa <han...@stressinduktion.org> > --- > net/ipv6/route.c | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++--------------------- > 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c > index 6090969..a6c6b5a 100644 > --- a/net/ipv6/route.c > +++ b/net/ipv6/route.c > @@ -544,6 +544,7 @@ static void rt6_probe_deferred(struct work_struct *w) > > static void rt6_probe(struct rt6_info *rt) > { > + struct __rt6_probe_work *work; > struct neighbour *neigh; > /* > * Okay, this does not seem to be appropriate > @@ -558,34 +559,32 @@ static void rt6_probe(struct rt6_info *rt) > rcu_read_lock_bh(); > neigh = __ipv6_neigh_lookup_noref(rt->dst.dev, &rt->rt6i_gateway); > if (neigh) { > - write_lock(&neigh->lock); > if (neigh->nud_state & NUD_VALID) > goto out; > - } > - > - if (!neigh || > - time_after(jiffies, neigh->updated + > rt->rt6i_idev->cnf.rtr_probe_interval)) { > - struct __rt6_probe_work *work; > > + work = NULL; > + write_lock(&neigh->lock); > + if (!(neigh->nud_state & NUD_VALID) && > + time_after(jiffies, neigh->updated + > rt->rt6i_idev->cnf.rtr_probe_interval)) { > + work = kmalloc(sizeof(*work), GFP_ATOMIC); > + if (work) { > + __neigh_set_probe_once(neigh); > + } > + } > + write_unlock(&neigh->lock); > + } else { > work = kmalloc(sizeof(*work), GFP_ATOMIC); > + } > > - if (neigh && work) > - __neigh_set_probe_once(neigh); > - > - if (neigh) > - write_unlock(&neigh->lock); > + if (work) { > + INIT_WORK(&work->work, rt6_probe_deferred); > + work->target = rt->rt6i_gateway; > + dev_hold(rt->dst.dev); > + work->dev = rt->dst.dev; > + schedule_work(&work->work); > + } > > - if (work) { > - INIT_WORK(&work->work, rt6_probe_deferred); > - work->target = rt->rt6i_gateway; > - dev_hold(rt->dst.dev); > - work->dev = rt->dst.dev; > - schedule_work(&work->work); > - } > - } else { > out: > - write_unlock(&neigh->lock); > - } > rcu_read_unlock_bh(); > } > #else > -- Hideaki Yoshifuji <hideaki.yoshif...@miraclelinux.com> Technical Division, MIRACLE LINUX CORPORATION -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html