[PATCH net-next v4 0/3] Lockless netlink_lookup() with new concurrent hash table

From: Thomas Graf
Date: Fri Aug 01 2014 - 07:58:45 EST


Netlink sockets are maintained in a hash table to allow efficient lookup
via the port ID for unicast messages. However, lookups currently require
a read lock to be taken. This series adds a new generic, resizable,
scalable, concurrent hash table based on the paper referenced in the first
patch. It then makes use of the new data type to implement lockless
netlink_lookup().

Patch 3/3 to convert nft_hash is included for reference but should be
merged via the netfilter tree. Inclusion in this series is to provide
context for the suggested API.

Against net-next since the initial user of the new hash table is in net/

Changes:
v3-v4
- fixed wrong shift assignment placement as spotted by Nikolay Aleksandrov
- reverted default size of nft_hash to 4 as requested by Patrick McHardy,
default size for other hash tables remains at 64 if no hint is given
- fixed copyright as requested by Patrick McHardy
v2-v3:
- fixed typo in nft_hash_destroy() when passing rhashtable handle
v1-v2:
- fixed traversal off-by-one as spotted by Tobias Klauser
- removed unlikely() from BUG_ON() as spotted by Josh Triplett
- new 3rd patch to convert nft_hash to rhashtable
- make rhashtable_insert() return void
- nl_sk_hash_lock must be a mutex
- fixed wrong name of rht_shrink_below_30()
- exported symbols rht_grow_above_75() and rht_shrink_below_30()
- allow table freeing with RCU callback

Thomas Graf (3):
lib: Resizable, Scalable, Concurrent Hash Table
netlink: Convert netlink_lookup() to use RCU protected hash table
nftables: Convert nft_hash to use generic rhashtable

include/linux/rhashtable.h | 213 ++++++++++++
lib/Kconfig.debug | 8 +
lib/Makefile | 2 +-
lib/rhashtable.c | 797 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
net/netfilter/nft_hash.c | 292 +++--------------
net/netlink/af_netlink.c | 285 ++++++----------
net/netlink/af_netlink.h | 18 +-
net/netlink/diag.c | 11 +-
8 files changed, 1192 insertions(+), 434 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 include/linux/rhashtable.h
create mode 100644 lib/rhashtable.c

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