[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like outdated copy/paste from rtnetlink.c. Push them into sync with the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/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
index 07ef5d2..3f1104d 100644
--- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
@@ -22,22 +22,14 @@
static DEFINE_MUTEX(genl_mutex); /* serialization of message processing */
-static void genl_lock(void)
+static inline void genl_lock(void)
{
mutex_lock(&genl_mutex);
}
-static int genl_trylock(void)
-{
- return !mutex_trylock(&genl_mutex);
-}
-
-static void genl_unlock(void)
+static inline void genl_unlock(void)
{
mutex_unlock(&genl_mutex);
-
- if (genl_sock && genl_sock->sk_receive_queue.qlen)
- genl_sock->sk_data_ready(genl_sock, 0);
}
#define GENL_FAM_TAB_SIZE 16
@@ -483,8 +475,7 @@
unsigned int qlen = 0;
do {
- if (genl_trylock())
- return;
+ genl_lock();
qlen = netlink_run_queue(sk, qlen, genl_rcv_msg);
genl_unlock();
} while (qlen && genl_sock && genl_sock->sk_receive_queue.qlen);