[PATCH net-next-2.6] net: use batched device unregister in veth and macvlan

Eric Dumazet
2011-05-09T09:18:00Z

veth devices dont use the batched device unregisters yet.

Since veth are a pair of devices, it makes sense to use a batch of two
unregisters, this roughly divides dismantle time by two.

Fix this by changing dellink() callers to always provide a non NULL
head. (Idea from Michał Mirosław)

This patch also handles macvlan case : We now dismantle all macvlans on
top of a lower dev at once.

Reported-by: Alex Bligh <alex@alex.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Cc: Michał Mirosław <mirqus@gmail.com>
Cc: Jesse Gross <jesse@nicira.com>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
---
v3: Michał Mirosław dellink idea

drivers/net/macvlan.c | 5 ++++-
net/core/rtnetlink.c | 5 ++++-
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/macvlan.c b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
index 3ad5425..d7c0bc62 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
@@ -785,6 +785,7 @@ static int macvlan_device_event(struct notifier_block *unused,
struct net_device *dev = ptr;
struct macvlan_dev *vlan, *next;
struct macvlan_port *port;
+ LIST_HEAD(list_kill);

if (!macvlan_port_exists(dev))
return NOTIFY_DONE;
@@ -810,7 +811,9 @@ static int macvlan_device_event(struct notifier_block *unused,
break;

list_for_each_entry_safe(vlan, next, &port->vlans, list)
- vlan->dev->rtnl_link_ops->dellink(vlan->dev, NULL);
+ vlan->dev->rtnl_link_ops->dellink(vlan->dev, &list_kill);
+ unregister_netdevice_many(&list_kill);
+ list_del(&list_kill);
break;
case NETDEV_PRE_TYPE_CHANGE:
/* Forbid underlaying device to change its type. */
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 5a160f4..d2ba259 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -1501,6 +1501,7 @@ static int rtnl_dellink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, void *arg)
char ifname[IFNAMSIZ];
struct nlattr *tb[IFLA_MAX+1];
int err;
+ LIST_HEAD(list_kill);

err = nlmsg_parse(nlh, sizeof(*ifm), tb, IFLA_MAX, ifla_policy);
if (err < 0)
@@ -1524,7 +1525,9 @@ static int rtnl_dellink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, void *arg)
if (!ops)
return -EOPNOTSUPP;

- ops->dellink(dev, NULL);
+ ops->dellink(dev, &list_kill);
+ unregister_netdevice_many(&list_kill);
+ list_del(&list_kill);
return 0;
}