[NET]: Make netlink processing routines semi-synchronious (inspired by rtnl) v2
The code in netfilter/nfnetlink.c and in ./net/netlink/genetlink.c looks
like outdated copy/paste from rtnetlink.c. Push them into sync with the
original.
Changes from v1:
- deleted comment in nfnetlink_rcv_msg by request of Patrick McHardy
Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org>
Acked-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
index cb41990..99775af 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
@@ -44,28 +44,16 @@
static const struct nfnetlink_subsystem *subsys_table[NFNL_SUBSYS_COUNT];
static DEFINE_MUTEX(nfnl_mutex);
-static void nfnl_lock(void)
+static inline void nfnl_lock(void)
{
mutex_lock(&nfnl_mutex);
}
-static int nfnl_trylock(void)
-{
- return !mutex_trylock(&nfnl_mutex);
-}
-
-static void __nfnl_unlock(void)
+static inline void nfnl_unlock(void)
{
mutex_unlock(&nfnl_mutex);
}
-static void nfnl_unlock(void)
-{
- mutex_unlock(&nfnl_mutex);
- if (nfnl->sk_receive_queue.qlen)
- nfnl->sk_data_ready(nfnl, 0);
-}
-
int nfnetlink_subsys_register(const struct nfnetlink_subsystem *n)
{
nfnl_lock();
@@ -147,9 +135,7 @@
ss = nfnetlink_get_subsys(type);
if (!ss) {
#ifdef CONFIG_KMOD
- /* don't call nfnl_unlock, since it would reenter
- * with further packet processing */
- __nfnl_unlock();
+ nfnl_unlock();
request_module("nfnetlink-subsys-%d", NFNL_SUBSYS_ID(type));
nfnl_lock();
ss = nfnetlink_get_subsys(type);
@@ -188,10 +174,9 @@
unsigned int qlen = 0;
do {
- if (nfnl_trylock())
- return;
+ nfnl_lock();
qlen = netlink_run_queue(sk, qlen, nfnetlink_rcv_msg);
- __nfnl_unlock();
+ nfnl_unlock();
} while (qlen);
}