[PATCH v7 net-next 06/18] net: introduce rcu_replace_pointer_rtnl
From: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
Date: 2023-10-16 09:36:09
Subsystem:
networking [general], the rest · Maintainers:
"David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds
We use rcu_replace_pointer(rcu_ptr, ptr, lockdep_rtnl_is_held()) throughout the P4TC infrastructure code. It may be useful for other use cases, so we create a helper. Co-developed-by: Victor Nogueira <redacted> Signed-off-by: Victor Nogueira <redacted> Co-developed-by: Pedro Tammela <redacted> Signed-off-by: Pedro Tammela <redacted> Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com> --- include/linux/rtnetlink.h | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/rtnetlink.h b/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
index 3d6cf306c..971055e66 100644
--- a/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/rtnetlink.h@@ -62,6 +62,18 @@ static inline bool lockdep_rtnl_is_held(void) #define rcu_dereference_rtnl(p) \ rcu_dereference_check(p, lockdep_rtnl_is_held()) +/** + * rcu_replace_pointer_rtnl - replace an RCU pointer under rtnl_lock, returning + * its old value + * @rcu_ptr: RCU pointer, whose old value is returned + * @ptr: regular pointer + * + * Perform a replacement under rtnl_lock, where @rcu_ptr is an RCU-annotated + * pointer. The old value of @rcu_ptr is returned, and @rcu_ptr is set to @ptr + */ +#define rcu_replace_pointer_rtnl(rcu_ptr, ptr) \ + rcu_replace_pointer(rcu_ptr, ptr, lockdep_rtnl_is_held()) + /** * rtnl_dereference - fetch RCU pointer when updates are prevented by RTNL * @p: The pointer to read, prior to dereferencing
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