5 files changed, 32 insertions, 30 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index c57088f575a3..631cec4ff5e1 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ struct hh_cache
                                          */
         u16             hh_len;         /* length of header */
         int             (*hh_output)(struct sk_buff *skb);
-        rwlock_t        hh_lock;
+        seqlock_t       hh_lock;
 
         /* cached hardware header; allow for machine alignment needs.        */
 #define HH_DATA_MOD     16
diff --git a/include/net/neighbour.h b/include/net/neighbour.h
index 23967031ddb7..3725b93c52f3 100644
--- a/include/net/neighbour.h
+++ b/include/net/neighbour.h
@@ -309,6 +309,24 @@ static inline int neigh_event_send(struct neighbour *neigh, struct sk_buff *skb)
         return 0;
 }
 
+static inline int neigh_hh_output(struct hh_cache *hh, struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+        unsigned seq;
+        int hh_len;
+
+        do {
+                int hh_alen;
+
+                seq = read_seqbegin(&hh->hh_lock);
+                hh_len = hh->hh_len;
+                hh_alen = HH_DATA_ALIGN(hh_len);
+                memcpy(skb->data - hh_alen, hh->hh_data, hh_alen);
+        } while (read_seqretry(&hh->hh_lock, seq));
+
+        skb_push(skb, hh_len);
+        return hh->hh_output(skb);
+}
+
 static inline struct neighbour *
 __neigh_lookup(struct neigh_table *tbl, const void *pkey, struct net_device *dev, int creat)
 {
diff --git a/net/core/neighbour.c b/net/core/neighbour.c
index 0ab1987b9348..e7300b6b4079 100644
--- a/net/core/neighbour.c
+++ b/net/core/neighbour.c
@@ -577,9 +577,10 @@ void neigh_destroy(struct neighbour *neigh)
         while ((hh = neigh->hh) != NULL) {
                 neigh->hh = hh->hh_next;
                 hh->hh_next = NULL;
-                write_lock_bh(&hh->hh_lock);
+
+                write_seqlock_bh(&hh->hh_lock);
                 hh->hh_output = neigh_blackhole;
-                write_unlock_bh(&hh->hh_lock);
+                write_sequnlock_bh(&hh->hh_lock);
                 if (atomic_dec_and_test(&hh->hh_refcnt))
                         kfree(hh);
         }
@@ -897,9 +898,9 @@ static void neigh_update_hhs(struct neighbour *neigh)
 
         if (update) {
                 for (hh = neigh->hh; hh; hh = hh->hh_next) {
-                        write_lock_bh(&hh->hh_lock);
+                        write_seqlock_bh(&hh->hh_lock);
                         update(hh, neigh->dev, neigh->ha);
-                        write_unlock_bh(&hh->hh_lock);
+                        write_sequnlock_bh(&hh->hh_lock);
                 }
         }
 }
@@ -1089,7 +1090,7 @@ static void neigh_hh_init(struct neighbour *n, struct dst_entry *dst,
                         break;
 
         if (!hh && (hh = kzalloc(sizeof(*hh), GFP_ATOMIC)) != NULL) {
-                rwlock_init(&hh->hh_lock);
+                seqlock_init(&hh->hh_lock);
                 hh->hh_type = protocol;
                 atomic_set(&hh->hh_refcnt, 0);
                 hh->hh_next = NULL;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
index a35209d517ad..f071f84808fa 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ip_build_and_send_pkt);
 static inline int ip_finish_output2(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
         struct dst_entry *dst = skb->dst;
-        struct hh_cache *hh = dst->hh;
         struct net_device *dev = dst->dev;
         int hh_len = LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev);
 
@@ -183,16 +182,9 @@ static inline int ip_finish_output2(struct sk_buff *skb)
                 skb = skb2;
         }
 
-        if (hh) {
-                int hh_alen;
-
-                read_lock_bh(&hh->hh_lock);
-                hh_alen = HH_DATA_ALIGN(hh->hh_len);
-                memcpy(skb->data - hh_alen, hh->hh_data, hh_alen);
-                read_unlock_bh(&hh->hh_lock);
-                skb_push(skb, hh->hh_len);
-                return hh->hh_output(skb);
-        } else if (dst->neighbour)
+        if (dst->hh)
+                return neigh_hh_output(dst->hh, skb);
+        else if (dst->neighbour)
                 return dst->neighbour->output(skb);
 
         if (net_ratelimit())
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index e9212c7ff5cf..7b7bd44fbf47 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -72,20 +72,11 @@ static __inline__ void ipv6_select_ident(struct sk_buff *skb, struct frag_hdr *f
 
 static inline int ip6_output_finish(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-
         struct dst_entry *dst = skb->dst;
-        struct hh_cache *hh = dst->hh;
-
-        if (hh) {
-                int hh_alen;
-
-                read_lock_bh(&hh->hh_lock);
-                hh_alen = HH_DATA_ALIGN(hh->hh_len);
-                memcpy(skb->data - hh_alen, hh->hh_data, hh_alen);
-                read_unlock_bh(&hh->hh_lock);
-                skb_push(skb, hh->hh_len);
-                return hh->hh_output(skb);
-        } else if (dst->neighbour)
+
+        if (dst->hh)
+                return neigh_hh_output(dst->hh, skb);
+        else if (dst->neighbour)
                 return dst->neighbour->output(skb);
 
         IP6_INC_STATS_BH(ip6_dst_idev(dst), IPSTATS_MIB_OUTNOROUTES);