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authorJulian Anastasov <ja@ssi.bg>2013-03-21 11:57:58 +0200
committerPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>2013-04-02 00:22:53 +0200
commit932bc4d7a53ba418de67fdab533248df5b36c752 (patch)
tree19747cdef824180014d98baf8959757d0bae1198 /net/core/dst.c
parente5c5d22e8dcf7c2d430336cbf8e180bd38e8daf1 (diff)
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net: add skb_dst_set_noref_force
Rename skb_dst_set_noref to __skb_dst_set_noref and
add force flag as suggested by David Miller. The new wrapper
skb_dst_set_noref_force will force dst entries that are not
cached to be attached as skb dst without taking reference
as long as provided dst is reclaimed after RCU grace period.

Signed-off-by: Julian Anastasov <ja@ssi.bg>
Signed-off by: Hans Schillstrom <hans@schillstrom.com>
Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/core/dst.c')
-rw-r--r--net/core/dst.c9
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dst.c b/net/core/dst.c
index 35fd12f1a69c..df9cc810ec8e 100644
--- a/net/core/dst.c
+++ b/net/core/dst.c
@@ -320,27 +320,28 @@ void __dst_destroy_metrics_generic(struct dst_entry *dst, unsigned long old)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__dst_destroy_metrics_generic);
 
 /**
- * skb_dst_set_noref - sets skb dst, without a reference
+ * __skb_dst_set_noref - sets skb dst, without a reference
  * @skb: buffer
  * @dst: dst entry
+ * @force: if force is set, use noref version even for DST_NOCACHE entries
  *
  * Sets skb dst, assuming a reference was not taken on dst
  * skb_dst_drop() should not dst_release() this dst
  */
-void skb_dst_set_noref(struct sk_buff *skb, struct dst_entry *dst)
+void __skb_dst_set_noref(struct sk_buff *skb, struct dst_entry *dst, bool force)
 {
 	WARN_ON(!rcu_read_lock_held() && !rcu_read_lock_bh_held());
 	/* If dst not in cache, we must take a reference, because
 	 * dst_release() will destroy dst as soon as its refcount becomes zero
 	 */
-	if (unlikely(dst->flags & DST_NOCACHE)) {
+	if (unlikely((dst->flags & DST_NOCACHE) && !force)) {
 		dst_hold(dst);
 		skb_dst_set(skb, dst);
 	} else {
 		skb->_skb_refdst = (unsigned long)dst | SKB_DST_NOREF;
 	}
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_dst_set_noref);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__skb_dst_set_noref);
 
 /* Dirty hack. We did it in 2.2 (in __dst_free),
  * we have _very_ good reasons not to repeat