[PATCH net-next 07/11] bnge: remove refcount from L2 filter
From: Vikas Gupta <vikas.gupta@broadcom.com>
Date: 2026-08-14 01:15:21
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broadcom bng_en 800 gigabit ethernet driver, networking drivers, the rest · Maintainers:
Vikas Gupta, Andrew Lunn, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds
A reference count was previously used under the assumption that any context holding the last reference could delete the L2 filter. However, going forward, the filter will only be removed by the same context that created it, making refcount unnecessary. Signed-off-by: Vikas Gupta <vikas.gupta@broadcom.com> Reviewed-by: Dharmender Garg <redacted> --- .../net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_filter.c | 23 +++---------------- .../net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_filter.h | 1 - 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_filter.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_filter.c
index d1279a4babcd..33b75d8fcdeb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_filter.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_filter.c@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ void bnge_del_l2_filter(struct bnge_net *bn, struct bnge_l2_filter *fltr) { - if (!refcount_dec_and_test(&fltr->refcnt)) - return; hlist_del_rcu(&fltr->base.hlist); kfree_rcu(fltr, base.rcu); }
@@ -31,12 +29,11 @@ static void bnge_init_l2_filter(struct bnge_net *bn, head = &bn->l2_fltr_hash_tbl[idx]; hlist_add_head_rcu(&fltr->base.hlist, head); - refcount_set(&fltr->refcnt, 1); } -static struct bnge_l2_filter *__bnge_lookup_l2_filter(struct bnge_net *bn, - struct bnge_l2_key *key, - u32 idx) +struct bnge_l2_filter *bnge_lookup_l2_filter(struct bnge_net *bn, + struct bnge_l2_key *key, + u32 idx) { struct bnge_l2_filter *fltr; struct hlist_head *head;
@@ -52,20 +49,6 @@ static struct bnge_l2_filter *__bnge_lookup_l2_filter(struct bnge_net *bn, return NULL; } -struct bnge_l2_filter *bnge_lookup_l2_filter(struct bnge_net *bn, - struct bnge_l2_key *key, - u32 idx) -{ - struct bnge_l2_filter *fltr; - - rcu_read_lock(); - fltr = __bnge_lookup_l2_filter(bn, key, idx); - if (fltr) - refcount_inc(&fltr->refcnt); - rcu_read_unlock(); - return fltr; -} - static struct bnge_l2_filter *bnge_alloc_l2_filter(struct bnge_net *bn, struct bnge_l2_key *key, gfp_t gfp)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_filter.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_filter.h
index 44ee1357a0ff..16a5d91517c9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_filter.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_filter.h@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ struct bnge_l2_filter { /* base filter must be the first member */ struct bnge_filter_base base; struct bnge_l2_key l2_key; - refcount_t refcnt; }; void bnge_del_l2_filter(struct bnge_net *bn, struct bnge_l2_filter *fltr);
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