Use RCU to walk list of network devices in qdisc dump.
This could be optimized for large number of devices.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
--- a/net/sched/sch_api.c 2009-11-09 22:19:09.002480816 -0800
+++ b/net/sched/sch_api.c 2009-11-10 09:28:38.166439067 -0800
@@ -1279,9 +1279,10 @@ static int tc_dump_qdisc(struct sk_buff
s_idx = cb->args[0];
s_q_idx = q_idx = cb->args[1];
- read_lock(&dev_base_lock);
+
+ rcu_read_lock();
idx = 0;
- for_each_netdev(&init_net, dev) {
+ for_each_netdev_rcu(&init_net, dev) {
struct netdev_queue *dev_queue;
if (idx < s_idx)
@@ -1302,7 +1303,7 @@ cont:
}
done:
- read_unlock(&dev_base_lock);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
cb->args[0] = idx;
cb->args[1] = q_idx;
--
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