[PATCH net-next 0/2 v1] netns: uevent performance tweaks

From: Christian Brauner
Date: Mon Apr 23 2018 - 06:25:04 EST


Hey everyone,

This is v1 of "netns: uevent performance tweaks". Like Eric requested, I
did extensive testing that prove significant performance improvements
when using per-netns uevent sequence numbers with decoupled locks. The
results and test descriptions were added to the commit message of
[PATCH 2/2 v1] netns: isolate seqnums to use per-netns locks.

This series deals with a bunch of performance improvements when sending
out uevents that have been extensively discussed here:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/4/10/592

- Only record uevent sockets from network namespaces owned by the
initial user namespace in the global uevent socket list.
Eric, this is the exact patch we agreed upon in
https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/4/10/592.
A very detailed rationale is present in the commit message for
[PATCH 1/2] netns: restrict uevents
- Decouple the locking for network namespaces in the global uevent
socket list from the locking for network namespaces not in the global
uevent socket list.
A very detailed rationale including performance test results is
present in the commit message for
[PATCH 2/2] netns: isolate seqnums to use per-netns locks

Thanks!
Christian

Christian Brauner (2):
netns: restrict uevents
netns: isolate seqnums to use per-netns locks

include/linux/kobject.h | 2 +
include/net/net_namespace.h | 3 +
kernel/ksysfs.c | 11 +++-
lib/kobject_uevent.c | 122 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
net/core/net_namespace.c | 14 +++++
5 files changed, 126 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

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