Hi,

Martin KaFai Lau wrote:
> The patch checks neigh->nud_state before acquiring the writer lock.
> Note that rt6_probe() is only used in CONFIG_IPV6_ROUTER_PREF.
> 
> 40 udpflood processes and a /64 gateway route are used.
> The gateway has NUD_PERMANENT.  Each of them is run for 30s.
> At the end, the total number of finished sendto():
> 
> Before: 55M
> After: 95M

I think it is better to describe why it is okay without any locks.

--yoshfuji

> 
> Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <[email protected]>
> Cc: Hannes Frederic Sowa <[email protected]>
> CC: Julian Anastasov <[email protected]>
> CC: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <[email protected]>
> ---
>  net/ipv6/route.c | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
> index 6d503db..76dcff8 100644
> --- a/net/ipv6/route.c
> +++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
> @@ -560,6 +560,9 @@ static void rt6_probe(struct rt6_info *rt)
>       rcu_read_lock_bh();
>       neigh = __ipv6_neigh_lookup_noref(rt->dst.dev, &rt->rt6i_gateway);
>       if (neigh) {
> +             if (neigh->nud_state & NUD_VALID)
> +                     goto out;
> +
>               work = NULL;
>               write_lock(&neigh->lock);
>               if (!(neigh->nud_state & NUD_VALID) &&
> @@ -583,6 +586,7 @@ static void rt6_probe(struct rt6_info *rt)
>               schedule_work(&work->work);
>       }
>  
> +out:
>       rcu_read_unlock_bh();
>  }
>  #else
> 

-- 
Hideaki Yoshifuji <[email protected]>
Technical Division, MIRACLE LINUX CORPORATION
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