net: sched: change tcf block reference counter type to refcount_t
authorVlad Buslov <vladbu@mellanox.com>
Mon, 24 Sep 2018 16:22:54 +0000 (19:22 +0300)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Wed, 26 Sep 2018 03:17:36 +0000 (20:17 -0700)
commitcfebd7e242d7193a9901222b3e667788810d98c1
treef7b045d12317526af5a5258266af33b5616387ab
parente368fdb61d8e7c67ac70791b23345b26d7bbc661
net: sched: change tcf block reference counter type to refcount_t

As a preparation for removing rtnl lock dependency from rules update path,
change tcf block reference counter type to refcount_t to allow modification
by concurrent users.

In block put function perform decrement and check reference counter once to
accommodate concurrent modification by unlocked users. After this change
tcf_chain_put at the end of block put function is called with
block->refcnt==0 and will deallocate block after the last chain is
released, so there is no need to manually deallocate block in this case.
However, if block reference counter reached 0 and there are no chains to
release, block must still be deallocated manually.

Signed-off-by: Vlad Buslov <vladbu@mellanox.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
include/net/sch_generic.h
net/sched/cls_api.c