From bbaffaca4810de1a25e32ecaf836eeaacc7a3d11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Dumazet Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:37:55 -0800 Subject: rcu: Introduce hlist_nulls variant of hlist hlist uses NULL value to finish a chain. hlist_nulls variant use the low order bit set to 1 to signal an end-of-list marker. This allows to store many different end markers, so that some RCU lockless algos (used in TCP/UDP stack for example) can save some memory barriers in fast paths. Two new files are added : include/linux/list_nulls.h - mimics hlist part of include/linux/list.h, derived to hlist_nulls variant include/linux/rculist_nulls.h - mimics hlist part of include/linux/rculist.h, derived to hlist_nulls variant Only four helpers are declared for the moment : hlist_nulls_del_init_rcu(), hlist_nulls_del_rcu(), hlist_nulls_add_head_rcu() and hlist_nulls_for_each_entry_rcu() prefetches() were removed, since an end of list is not anymore NULL value. prefetches() could trigger useless (and possibly dangerous) memory transactions. Example of use (extracted from __udp4_lib_lookup()) struct sock *sk, *result; struct hlist_nulls_node *node; unsigned short hnum = ntohs(dport); unsigned int hash = udp_hashfn(net, hnum); struct udp_hslot *hslot = &udptable->hash[hash]; int score, badness; rcu_read_lock(); begin: result = NULL; badness = -1; sk_nulls_for_each_rcu(sk, node, &hslot->head) { score = compute_score(sk, net, saddr, hnum, sport, daddr, dport, dif); if (score > badness) { result = sk; badness = score; } } /* * if the nulls value we got at the end of this lookup is * not the expected one, we must restart lookup. * We probably met an item that was moved to another chain. */ if (get_nulls_value(node) != hash) goto begin; if (result) { if (unlikely(!atomic_inc_not_zero(&result->sk_refcnt))) result = NULL; else if (unlikely(compute_score(result, net, saddr, hnum, sport, daddr, dport, dif) < badness)) { sock_put(result); goto begin; } } rcu_read_unlock(); return result; Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- include/linux/rculist_nulls.h | 110 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 110 insertions(+) create mode 100644 include/linux/rculist_nulls.h (limited to 'include/linux/rculist_nulls.h') diff --git a/include/linux/rculist_nulls.h b/include/linux/rculist_nulls.h new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..f9ddd03961a --- /dev/null +++ b/include/linux/rculist_nulls.h @@ -0,0 +1,110 @@ +#ifndef _LINUX_RCULIST_NULLS_H +#define _LINUX_RCULIST_NULLS_H + +#ifdef __KERNEL__ + +/* + * RCU-protected list version + */ +#include +#include + +/** + * hlist_nulls_del_init_rcu - deletes entry from hash list with re-initialization + * @n: the element to delete from the hash list. + * + * Note: hlist_nulls_unhashed() on the node return true after this. It is + * useful for RCU based read lockfree traversal if the writer side + * must know if the list entry is still hashed or already unhashed. + * + * In particular, it means that we can not poison the forward pointers + * that may still be used for walking the hash list and we can only + * zero the pprev pointer so list_unhashed() will return true after + * this. + * + * The caller must take whatever precautions are necessary (such as + * holding appropriate locks) to avoid racing with another + * list-mutation primitive, such as hlist_nulls_add_head_rcu() or + * hlist_nulls_del_rcu(), running on this same list. However, it is + * perfectly legal to run concurrently with the _rcu list-traversal + * primitives, such as hlist_nulls_for_each_entry_rcu(). + */ +static inline void hlist_nulls_del_init_rcu(struct hlist_nulls_node *n) +{ + if (!hlist_nulls_unhashed(n)) { + __hlist_nulls_del(n); + n->pprev = NULL; + } +} + +/** + * hlist_nulls_del_rcu - deletes entry from hash list without re-initialization + * @n: the element to delete from the hash list. + * + * Note: hlist_nulls_unhashed() on entry does not return true after this, + * the entry is in an undefined state. It is useful for RCU based + * lockfree traversal. + * + * In particular, it means that we can not poison the forward + * pointers that may still be used for walking the hash list. + * + * The caller must take whatever precautions are necessary + * (such as holding appropriate locks) to avoid racing + * with another list-mutation primitive, such as hlist_nulls_add_head_rcu() + * or hlist_nulls_del_rcu(), running on this same list. + * However, it is perfectly legal to run concurrently with + * the _rcu list-traversal primitives, such as + * hlist_nulls_for_each_entry(). + */ +static inline void hlist_nulls_del_rcu(struct hlist_nulls_node *n) +{ + __hlist_nulls_del(n); + n->pprev = LIST_POISON2; +} + +/** + * hlist_nulls_add_head_rcu + * @n: the element to add to the hash list. + * @h: the list to add to. + * + * Description: + * Adds the specified element to the specified hlist_nulls, + * while permitting racing traversals. + * + * The caller must take whatever precautions are necessary + * (such as holding appropriate locks) to avoid racing + * with another list-mutation primitive, such as hlist_nulls_add_head_rcu() + * or hlist_nulls_del_rcu(), running on this same list. + * However, it is perfectly legal to run concurrently with + * the _rcu list-traversal primitives, such as + * hlist_nulls_for_each_entry_rcu(), used to prevent memory-consistency + * problems on Alpha CPUs. Regardless of the type of CPU, the + * list-traversal primitive must be guarded by rcu_read_lock(). + */ +static inline void hlist_nulls_add_head_rcu(struct hlist_nulls_node *n, + struct hlist_nulls_head *h) +{ + struct hlist_nulls_node *first = h->first; + + n->next = first; + n->pprev = &h->first; + rcu_assign_pointer(h->first, n); + if (!is_a_nulls(first)) + first->pprev = &n->next; +} +/** + * hlist_nulls_for_each_entry_rcu - iterate over rcu list of given type + * @tpos: the type * to use as a loop cursor. + * @pos: the &struct hlist_nulls_node to use as a loop cursor. + * @head: the head for your list. + * @member: the name of the hlist_nulls_node within the struct. + * + */ +#define hlist_nulls_for_each_entry_rcu(tpos, pos, head, member) \ + for (pos = rcu_dereference((head)->first); \ + (!is_a_nulls(pos)) && \ + ({ tpos = hlist_nulls_entry(pos, typeof(*tpos), member); 1; }); \ + pos = rcu_dereference(pos->next)) + +#endif +#endif -- cgit v1.2.3