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authorStephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>2006-12-07 15:08:17 -0800
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net>2006-12-08 17:19:20 -0800
commit3644f0cee77494190452de132e82245107939284 (patch)
tree7aeb1dd32c68e372cc2aaa9d26703dd238b48a53 /include/net
parenteb991b39385c7b04923d701764a34694ec54b53d (diff)
downloadlinux-3644f0cee77494190452de132e82245107939284.tar.gz
[NET]: Convert hh_lock to seqlock.
The hard header cache is in the main output path, so using
seqlock instead of reader/writer lock should reduce overhead.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/net')
-rw-r--r--include/net/neighbour.h18
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/neighbour.h b/include/net/neighbour.h
index 23967031ddb7..3725b93c52f3 100644
--- a/include/net/neighbour.h
+++ b/include/net/neighbour.h
@@ -309,6 +309,24 @@ static inline int neigh_event_send(struct neighbour *neigh, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline int neigh_hh_output(struct hh_cache *hh, struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	unsigned seq;
+	int hh_len;
+
+	do {
+		int hh_alen;
+
+		seq = read_seqbegin(&hh->hh_lock);
+		hh_len = hh->hh_len;
+		hh_alen = HH_DATA_ALIGN(hh_len);
+		memcpy(skb->data - hh_alen, hh->hh_data, hh_alen);
+	} while (read_seqretry(&hh->hh_lock, seq));
+
+	skb_push(skb, hh_len);
+	return hh->hh_output(skb);
+}
+
 static inline struct neighbour *
 __neigh_lookup(struct neigh_table *tbl, const void *pkey, struct net_device *dev, int creat)
 {