Re: [PATCH] net: make namespace iteration possible under RCU

[Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com>]

Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 01:08:23PM CEST, johannes@sipsolutions.net wrote:
>All we need to take care of is using proper RCU list
>add/del primitives and inserting a synchronize_rcu()
>at one place to make sure the exit notifiers are run
>after everybody has stopped iterating the list.
>
>Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
>---
> include/net/net_namespace.h |    3 +++
> net/core/net_namespace.c    |   10 +++++++---
> 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
>--- wireless-testing.orig/include/net/net_namespace.h	2009-06-18 01:36:26.000000000 +0200
>+++ wireless-testing/include/net/net_namespace.h	2009-06-18 02:17:14.000000000 +0200
>@@ -211,6 +211,9 @@ static inline struct net *read_pnet(stru
> #define for_each_net(VAR)				\
> 	list_for_each_entry(VAR, &net_namespace_list, list)
> 
>+#define for_each_net_rcu(VAR)				\
>+	list_for_each_entry_rcu(VAR, &net_namespace_list, list)
>+
> #ifdef CONFIG_NET_NS
> #define __net_init
> #define __net_exit
>--- wireless-testing.orig/net/core/net_namespace.c	2009-06-18 01:36:39.000000000 +0200
>+++ wireless-testing/net/core/net_namespace.c	2009-06-18 02:03:06.000000000 +0200
>@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
> #include <linux/delay.h>
> #include <linux/sched.h>
> #include <linux/idr.h>
>+#include <linux/rculist.h>
> #include <net/net_namespace.h>
> #include <net/netns/generic.h>
> 
>@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ struct net *copy_net_ns(unsigned long fl
> 	err = setup_net(new_net);
> 	if (!err) {
> 		rtnl_lock();
>-		list_add_tail(&new_net->list, &net_namespace_list);
>+		list_add_tail_rcu(&new_net->list, &net_namespace_list);
> 		rtnl_unlock();
> 	}
> 	mutex_unlock(&net_mutex);
>@@ -163,9 +164,12 @@ static void cleanup_net(struct work_stru
> 
> 	/* Don't let anyone else find us. */
> 	rtnl_lock();
>-	list_del(&net->list);
>+	list_del_rcu(&net->list);
> 	rtnl_unlock();
> 
>+	/* if somebody is rcu-iterating the list, wait */
>+	synchronize_rcu();

IMHO you do not need to call synchronize_rcu() here since rcu_barrier() is
called later just before net_free(net). Seems redundant.

	Jirka

>+
> 	/* Run all of the network namespace exit methods */
> 	list_for_each_entry_reverse(ops, &pernet_list, list) {
> 		if (ops->exit)
>@@ -227,7 +231,7 @@ static int __init net_ns_init(void)
> 	err = setup_net(&init_net);
> 
> 	rtnl_lock();
>-	list_add_tail(&init_net.list, &net_namespace_list);
>+	list_add_tail_rcu(&init_net.list, &net_namespace_list);
> 	rtnl_unlock();
> 
> 	mutex_unlock(&net_mutex);
>
>
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