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Re: [PATCH 2/2] ipvs: Use cond_resched_rcu_lock() helper when dumping co

To: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ipvs: Use cond_resched_rcu_lock() helper when dumping connections
Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx>, Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, lvs-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, netfilter-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Dipankar Sarma <dipankar@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:15:34 +0200
* Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This avoids the situation where a dump of a large number of connections
> may prevent scheduling for a long time while also avoiding excessive
> calls to rcu_read_unlock() and rcu_read_lock().
> 
> Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_conn.c | 6 ++----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_conn.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_conn.c
> index a083bda..42a7b33 100644
> --- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_conn.c
> +++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_conn.c
> @@ -975,8 +975,7 @@ static void *ip_vs_conn_array(struct seq_file *seq, 
> loff_t pos)
>                               return cp;
>                       }
>               }
> -             rcu_read_unlock();
> -             rcu_read_lock();
> +             cond_resched_rcu_lock();
>       }
>  
>       return NULL;
> @@ -1015,8 +1014,7 @@ static void *ip_vs_conn_seq_next(struct seq_file *seq, 
> void *v, loff_t *pos)
>                       iter->l = &ip_vs_conn_tab[idx];
>                       return cp;
>               }
> -             rcu_read_unlock();
> -             rcu_read_lock();
> +             cond_resched_rcu_lock();

Feel free to route this via the networking tree.

Note that this change isn't a pure clean-up but has functional effects as 
well: on !PREEMPT or PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY kernels it will add in a potential 
cond_resched() - while previously it would only rcu unlock and relock 
(which in itself isn't scheduling).

This should probably be pointed out in the changelog.

Thanks,

        Ingo
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