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Commit 4f8116c8 authored by Vlad Buslov's avatar Vlad Buslov Committed by David S. Miller
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net: sched: protect block offload-related fields with rw_semaphore



In order to remove dependency on rtnl lock, extend tcf_block with 'cb_lock'
rwsem and use it to protect flow_block->cb_list and related counters from
concurrent modification. The lock is taken in read mode for read-only
traversal of cb_list in tc_setup_cb_call() and write mode in all other
cases. This approach ensures that:

- cb_list is not changed concurrently while filters is being offloaded on
  block.

- block->nooffloaddevcnt is checked while holding the lock in read mode,
  but is only changed by bind/unbind code when holding the cb_lock in write
  mode to prevent concurrent modification.

Signed-off-by: default avatarVlad Buslov <vladbu@mellanox.com>
Acked-by: default avatarJiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
parent 0846e161
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