Re: [PATCH] rfs: Receive Flow Steering

[Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>]

Le jeudi 01 avril 2010 à 20:59 -0700, Tom Herbert a écrit :

> +static void rps_dev_flow_table_release_work(struct work_struct *work)
> +{
> +	struct rps_dev_flow_table *table = container_of(work,
> +	    struct rps_dev_flow_table, free_work);
> +
> +	vfree(table);
> +}
> +
> +static void rps_dev_flow_table_release(struct rcu_head *rcu)
> +{
> +	struct rps_dev_flow_table *table = container_of(rcu,
> +	    struct rps_dev_flow_table, rcu);
> +
> +	INIT_WORK(&table->free_work, rps_dev_flow_table_release_work);
> +	schedule_work(&table->free_work);
> +}
> +
> +ssize_t store_rps_dev_flow_table_cnt(struct netdev_rx_queue *queue,
> +				     struct rx_queue_attribute *attr,
> +				     const char *buf, size_t len)
> +{

....

> +	if (old_table)
> +		call_rcu(&old_table->rcu, rps_dev_flow_table_release);
> +
> +	return len;
> +}
> +

Instead of this complex logic (yet fine), you might try :

if (old_table) {
	synchronize_rcu();
	vfree(old_table);
	}

(and remove free_work from struct rps_dev_flow_table)

We dont write this file that often, we can afford the synchronize_rcu()
here...