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| author | Julian Anastasov <ja@ssi.bg> | 2013-03-21 11:57:58 +0200 |
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| committer | Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> | 2013-04-02 00:22:53 +0200 |
| commit | 932bc4d7a53ba418de67fdab533248df5b36c752 (patch) | |
| tree | 19747cdef824180014d98baf8959757d0bae1198 /include/linux/skbuff.h | |
| parent | e5c5d22e8dcf7c2d430336cbf8e180bd38e8daf1 (diff) | |
net: add skb_dst_set_noref_force
Rename skb_dst_set_noref to __skb_dst_set_noref and
add force flag as suggested by David Miller. The new wrapper
skb_dst_set_noref_force will force dst entries that are not
cached to be attached as skb dst without taking reference
as long as provided dst is reclaimed after RCU grace period.
Signed-off-by: Julian Anastasov <ja@ssi.bg>
Signed-off by: Hans Schillstrom <hans@schillstrom.com>
Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/skbuff.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/skbuff.h | 35 |
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h index 878e0ee8106..364e2440a7e 100644 --- a/include/linux/skbuff.h +++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h @@ -575,7 +575,40 @@ static inline void skb_dst_set(struct sk_buff *skb, struct dst_entry *dst) skb->_skb_refdst = (unsigned long)dst; } -extern void skb_dst_set_noref(struct sk_buff *skb, struct dst_entry *dst); +extern void __skb_dst_set_noref(struct sk_buff *skb, struct dst_entry *dst, + bool force); + +/** + * skb_dst_set_noref - sets skb dst, hopefully, without taking reference + * @skb: buffer + * @dst: dst entry + * + * Sets skb dst, assuming a reference was not taken on dst. + * If dst entry is cached, we do not take reference and dst_release + * will be avoided by refdst_drop. If dst entry is not cached, we take + * reference, so that last dst_release can destroy the dst immediately. + */ +static inline void skb_dst_set_noref(struct sk_buff *skb, struct dst_entry *dst) +{ + __skb_dst_set_noref(skb, dst, false); +} + +/** + * skb_dst_set_noref_force - sets skb dst, without taking reference + * @skb: buffer + * @dst: dst entry + * + * Sets skb dst, assuming a reference was not taken on dst. + * No reference is taken and no dst_release will be called. While for + * cached dsts deferred reclaim is a basic feature, for entries that are + * not cached it is caller's job to guarantee that last dst_release for + * provided dst happens when nobody uses it, eg. after a RCU grace period. + */ +static inline void skb_dst_set_noref_force(struct sk_buff *skb, + struct dst_entry *dst) +{ + __skb_dst_set_noref(skb, dst, true); +} /** * skb_dst_is_noref - Test if skb dst isn't refcounted |