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authorJulian Anastasov <ja@ssi.bg>2013-03-21 09:58:06 (GMT)
committerPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>2013-04-01 22:23:42 (GMT)
commit026ace060dfe29275d2188297a62fa37d6c1a02c (patch)
treeed61c22b342c82a64ca16e97a356acff94bc930c /net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c
parent4115ded131645a7311a5d9afa9ff2b263dd91c2d (diff)
downloadlinux-fsl-qoriq-026ace060dfe29275d2188297a62fa37d6c1a02c.tar.xz
ipvs: optimize dst usage for real server
Currently when forwarding requests to real servers we use dst_lock and atomic operations when cloning the dst_cache value. As the dst_cache value does not change most of the time it is better to use RCU and to lock dst_lock only when we need to replace the obsoleted dst. For this to work we keep dst_cache in new structure protected by RCU. For packets to remote real servers we will use noref version of dst_cache, it will be valid while we are in RCU read-side critical section because now dst_release for replaced dsts will be invoked after the grace period. Packets to local real servers that are passed to local stack with NF_ACCEPT need a dst clone. Signed-off-by: Julian Anastasov <ja@ssi.bg> Signed-off by: Hans Schillstrom <hans@schillstrom.com> Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c')
-rw-r--r--net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c11
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c
index 2aef23e..6ad24e7 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c
@@ -1395,10 +1395,13 @@ ip_vs_in_icmp(struct sk_buff *skb, int *related, unsigned int hooknum)
goto ignore_ipip;
/* Prefer the resulting PMTU */
if (dest) {
- spin_lock(&dest->dst_lock);
- if (dest->dst_cache)
- mtu = dst_mtu(dest->dst_cache);
- spin_unlock(&dest->dst_lock);
+ struct ip_vs_dest_dst *dest_dst;
+
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ dest_dst = rcu_dereference(dest->dest_dst);
+ if (dest_dst)
+ mtu = dst_mtu(dest_dst->dst_cache);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
}
if (mtu > 68 + sizeof(struct iphdr))
mtu -= sizeof(struct iphdr);