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author | Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> | 2010-10-28 23:09:24 -0400 |
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committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2010-11-08 16:50:08 -0500 |
commit | fc766e4c4965915ab52a1d1fa3c7a7b3e7bc07f0 (patch) | |
tree | d45160f52eea37d4e5149d511c3c577bef253801 /include/linux/netdevice.h | |
parent | e4a7b93bd5d84e1e79917d024d17d745d190fc9a (diff) |
decnet: RCU conversion and get rid of dev_base_lock
While tracking dev_base_lock users, I found decnet used it in
dnet_select_source(), but for a wrong purpose:
Writers only hold RTNL, not dev_base_lock, so readers must use RCU if
they cannot use RTNL.
Adds an rcu_head in struct dn_ifaddr and handle proper RCU management.
Adds __rcu annotation in dn_route as well.
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/netdevice.h')
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/netdevice.h | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h index d8fd2c23a1b9..578debb801f4 100644 --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h | |||
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ struct net_device { | |||
951 | #endif | 951 | #endif |
952 | void *atalk_ptr; /* AppleTalk link */ | 952 | void *atalk_ptr; /* AppleTalk link */ |
953 | struct in_device __rcu *ip_ptr; /* IPv4 specific data */ | 953 | struct in_device __rcu *ip_ptr; /* IPv4 specific data */ |
954 | void *dn_ptr; /* DECnet specific data */ | 954 | struct dn_dev __rcu *dn_ptr; /* DECnet specific data */ |
955 | struct inet6_dev __rcu *ip6_ptr; /* IPv6 specific data */ | 955 | struct inet6_dev __rcu *ip6_ptr; /* IPv6 specific data */ |
956 | void *ec_ptr; /* Econet specific data */ | 956 | void *ec_ptr; /* Econet specific data */ |
957 | void *ax25_ptr; /* AX.25 specific data */ | 957 | void *ax25_ptr; /* AX.25 specific data */ |