RE: [PATCH][XFRM] Replace rwlock on xfrm_policy_afinfo with rcu
From: Jain Priyanka-B32167 <hidden>
Date: 2012-08-08 04:54:12
-----Original Message----- From: David Miller [mailto:davem@davemloft.net] Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 4:52 AM To: Jain Priyanka-B32167 Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH][XFRM] Replace rwlock on xfrm_policy_afinfo with rcu From: Priyanka Jain <redacted> Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 10:51:44 +0530
xfrm_policy_afinfo is read mosly data structure. Write on xfrm_policy_afinfo is done only at the time of configuration. So rwlocks can be safely replaced with RCU. RCUs usage optimizes the performance. Signed-off-by: Priyanka Jain <redacted>
This patch doesn't apply to the net-next tree, please respin. [Priyanka]: I will send v2 after re-spinning against git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next.git. Also:
- xfrm_policy_afinfo[afinfo->family] = NULL; + rcu_assign_pointer(xfrm_policy_afinfo[afinfo->family], + NULL);
Indent that NULL argument properly, it must line up with the first column after the openning '(' on the previous line.
[Priyanka]: NULL has been pushed to next line to confirm to 80 characters per line rule. If I indent NULL to previous line, it will break 80 characters per line rule.
Please let me know your final say on this. I will make changes accordingly if required.
Thanks
Priyanka