hardif_list_lock is unneccessary because we already ensure that no multiple admin operations can take place through rtnl_lock. hardif_list_lock only adds additional overhead and complexity.
Critical functions now check whether they are called with rtnl_lock using ASSERT_RTNL.
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann sven@narfation.org --- hard-interface.c | 23 +++++------------------ 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
diff --git a/hard-interface.c b/hard-interface.c index b3058e4..ebd7ef0 100644 --- a/hard-interface.c +++ b/hard-interface.c @@ -31,9 +31,6 @@
#include <linux/if_arp.h>
-/* protect update critical side of hardif_list - but not the content */ -static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(hardif_list_lock); -
static int batman_skb_recv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, @@ -432,6 +429,8 @@ static struct hard_iface *hardif_add_interface(struct net_device *net_dev) struct hard_iface *hard_iface; int ret;
+ ASSERT_RTNL(); + ret = is_valid_iface(net_dev); if (ret != 1) goto out; @@ -458,10 +457,7 @@ static struct hard_iface *hardif_add_interface(struct net_device *net_dev) atomic_set(&hard_iface->refcount, 2);
check_known_mac_addr(hard_iface->net_dev); - - spin_lock(&hardif_list_lock); list_add_tail_rcu(&hard_iface->list, &hardif_list); - spin_unlock(&hardif_list_lock);
return hard_iface;
@@ -475,6 +471,8 @@ out:
static void hardif_remove_interface(struct hard_iface *hard_iface) { + ASSERT_RTNL(); + /* first deactivate interface */ if (hard_iface->if_status != IF_NOT_IN_USE) hardif_disable_interface(hard_iface); @@ -490,20 +488,11 @@ static void hardif_remove_interface(struct hard_iface *hard_iface) void hardif_remove_interfaces(void) { struct hard_iface *hard_iface, *hard_iface_tmp; - struct list_head if_queue;
- INIT_LIST_HEAD(&if_queue); - - spin_lock(&hardif_list_lock); + rtnl_lock(); list_for_each_entry_safe(hard_iface, hard_iface_tmp, &hardif_list, list) { list_del_rcu(&hard_iface->list); - list_add_tail(&hard_iface->list, &if_queue); - } - spin_unlock(&hardif_list_lock); - - rtnl_lock(); - list_for_each_entry_safe(hard_iface, hard_iface_tmp, &if_queue, list) { hardif_remove_interface(hard_iface); } rtnl_unlock(); @@ -531,9 +520,7 @@ static int hard_if_event(struct notifier_block *this, hardif_deactivate_interface(hard_iface); break; case NETDEV_UNREGISTER: - spin_lock(&hardif_list_lock); list_del_rcu(&hard_iface->list); - spin_unlock(&hardif_list_lock);
hardif_remove_interface(hard_iface); break;