Re: [PATCH] netlink: Re-add locking to netlink_lookup() and seq walker

[Heiko Carstens]

On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 08:53:55PM +0100, Thomas Graf wrote:
> Heiko,
> 
> Can you test the following patch:
> 
> The synchronize_rcu() in netlink_release() introduces unacceptable
> latency. Reintroduce minimal lookup so we can drop the
> synchronize_rcu() until socket destruction has been RCUfied.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  net/netlink/af_netlink.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
>  1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

Thanks a lot! Your patch fixes the issue for me.

Reported-and-tested-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx>

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