Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/3] ipv6: per netns FIB6 walkers and garbage collector

[David Miller]

From: Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue,  8 Mar 2016 14:44:15 +0100 (CET)

> Commit 2ac3ac8f86f2 ("ipv6: prevent fib6_run_gc() contention") reduced
> the risk of contention on FIB6 garbage collector lock on systems with
> many CPUs. However, one of our customers can still observe heavy
> contention on fib6_gc_lock which can even trigger the soft lockup
> detector.
> 
> This is caused by garbage collector running in forced mode from a timer.
> While there is one timer per network namespace, the instances of
> fib6_run_gc() running from them are protected by one global spinlock so
> that only one garbage collector can run at any moment and other
> namespaces have to wait. As most relevant data structures are separated
> per netns, there is little reason for garbage collectors blocking each
> other.
> 
> Similar problem exists for walkers: changes in one tree do not need to
> adjust (and block) walkers traversing FIB trees in other namespaces.
> 
> This series separates both the walkers infrastructure and garbage
> collector so that they work independently in network namespaces.
> 
> v2: get rid of ifdef in ipv6_route_seq_setup_walk(), pass net from
> callers instead

Series applied, thanks.