From 6c04bb18ddd633b7feac2c8fe2ae0bf61d20ca7a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Berg Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:51:32 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] netlink: use call_rcu for netlink_change_ngroups For the network namespace work in generic netlink I need to be able to call this function under rcu_read_lock(), otherwise the locking becomes a nightmare and more locks would be needed. Instead, just embed a struct rcu_head (actually a struct listeners_rcu_head that also carries the pointer to the memory block) into the listeners memory so we can use call_rcu() instead of synchronising and then freeing. No rcu_barrier() is needed since this code cannot be modular. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/netlink/af_netlink.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c index d7d1b822e824..d46da6cb92e4 100644 --- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c +++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c @@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ struct netlink_sock { struct module *module; }; +struct listeners_rcu_head { + struct rcu_head rcu_head; + void *ptr; +}; + #define NETLINK_KERNEL_SOCKET 0x1 #define NETLINK_RECV_PKTINFO 0x2 #define NETLINK_BROADCAST_SEND_ERROR 0x4 @@ -1453,7 +1458,8 @@ netlink_kernel_create(struct net *net, int unit, unsigned int groups, if (groups < 32) groups = 32; - listeners = kzalloc(NLGRPSZ(groups), GFP_KERNEL); + listeners = kzalloc(NLGRPSZ(groups) + sizeof(struct listeners_rcu_head), + GFP_KERNEL); if (!listeners) goto out_sock_release; @@ -1501,6 +1507,14 @@ netlink_kernel_release(struct sock *sk) EXPORT_SYMBOL(netlink_kernel_release); +static void netlink_free_old_listeners(struct rcu_head *rcu_head) +{ + struct listeners_rcu_head *lrh; + + lrh = container_of(rcu_head, struct listeners_rcu_head, rcu_head); + kfree(lrh->ptr); +} + /** * netlink_change_ngroups - change number of multicast groups * @@ -1516,6 +1530,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(netlink_kernel_release); int netlink_change_ngroups(struct sock *sk, unsigned int groups) { unsigned long *listeners, *old = NULL; + struct listeners_rcu_head *old_rcu_head; struct netlink_table *tbl = &nl_table[sk->sk_protocol]; int err = 0; @@ -1524,7 +1539,9 @@ int netlink_change_ngroups(struct sock *sk, unsigned int groups) netlink_table_grab(); if (NLGRPSZ(tbl->groups) < NLGRPSZ(groups)) { - listeners = kzalloc(NLGRPSZ(groups), GFP_ATOMIC); + listeners = kzalloc(NLGRPSZ(groups) + + sizeof(struct listeners_rcu_head), + GFP_ATOMIC); if (!listeners) { err = -ENOMEM; goto out_ungrab; @@ -1532,13 +1549,22 @@ int netlink_change_ngroups(struct sock *sk, unsigned int groups) old = tbl->listeners; memcpy(listeners, old, NLGRPSZ(tbl->groups)); rcu_assign_pointer(tbl->listeners, listeners); + /* + * Free the old memory after an RCU grace period so we + * don't leak it. We use call_rcu() here in order to be + * able to call this function from atomic contexts. The + * allocation of this memory will have reserved enough + * space for struct listeners_rcu_head at the end. + */ + old_rcu_head = (void *)(tbl->listeners + + NLGRPLONGS(tbl->groups)); + old_rcu_head->ptr = old; + call_rcu(&old_rcu_head->rcu_head, netlink_free_old_listeners); } tbl->groups = groups; out_ungrab: netlink_table_ungrab(); - synchronize_rcu(); - kfree(old); return err; } -- 2.30.2