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ipv6: use RCU to walk list of network devices

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No longer need read_lock(&dev_base_lock), use RCU instead.
We also can avoid taking references on inet6_dev structs.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Eric Dumazet
2009-11-11 17:34:30 +00:00
committed by David S. Miller
parent bee7ca9ec0
commit ce81b76a39
3 changed files with 47 additions and 43 deletions
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@@ -1114,6 +1114,16 @@ static inline struct net_device *next_net_device(struct net_device *dev)
return lh == &net->dev_base_head ? NULL : net_device_entry(lh);
}
static inline struct net_device *next_net_device_rcu(struct net_device *dev)
{
struct list_head *lh;
struct net *net;
net = dev_net(dev);
lh = rcu_dereference(dev->dev_list.next);
return lh == &net->dev_base_head ? NULL : net_device_entry(lh);
}
static inline struct net_device *first_net_device(struct net *net)
{
return list_empty(&net->dev_base_head) ? NULL :