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authorAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2011-06-08 21:13:01 -0400
committerAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2011-06-12 17:45:41 -0400
commita685e08987d1edf1995b76511d4c98ea0e905377 (patch)
tree1d42593e2bc320f8d93b98851b2df0fd432e3859 /net/core/net_namespace.c
parentdde194a64bb5c3fd05d965775dc92e8a4920a53a (diff)
Delay struct net freeing while there's a sysfs instance refering to it
* new refcount in struct net, controlling actual freeing of the memory * new method in kobj_ns_type_operations (->drop_ns()) * ->current_ns() semantics change - it's supposed to be followed by corresponding ->drop_ns(). For struct net in case of CONFIG_NET_NS it bumps the new refcount; net_drop_ns() decrements it and calls net_free() if the last reference has been dropped. Method renamed to ->grab_current_ns(). * old net_free() callers call net_drop_ns() instead. * sysfs_exit_ns() is gone, along with a large part of callchain leading to it; now that the references stored in ->ns[...] stay valid we do not need to hunt them down and replace them with NULL. That fixes problems in sysfs_lookup() and sysfs_readdir(), along with getting rid of sb->s_instances abuse. Note that struct net *shutdown* logics has not changed - net_cleanup() is called exactly when it used to be called. The only thing postponed by having a sysfs instance refering to that struct net is actual freeing of memory occupied by struct net. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/core/net_namespace.c')
-rw-r--r--net/core/net_namespace.c12
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/net_namespace.c b/net/core/net_namespace.c
index 6c6b86d0da15..cdcbc3cb00a9 100644
--- a/net/core/net_namespace.c
+++ b/net/core/net_namespace.c
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ static __net_init int setup_net(struct net *net)
LIST_HEAD(net_exit_list);
atomic_set(&net->count, 1);
+ atomic_set(&net->passive, 1);
#ifdef NETNS_REFCNT_DEBUG
atomic_set(&net->use_count, 0);
@@ -210,6 +211,13 @@ static void net_free(struct net *net)
kmem_cache_free(net_cachep, net);
}
+void net_drop_ns(void *p)
+{
+ struct net *ns = p;
+ if (ns && atomic_dec_and_test(&ns->passive))
+ net_free(ns);
+}
+
struct net *copy_net_ns(unsigned long flags, struct net *old_net)
{
struct net *net;
@@ -230,7 +238,7 @@ struct net *copy_net_ns(unsigned long flags, struct net *old_net)
}
mutex_unlock(&net_mutex);
if (rv < 0) {
- net_free(net);
+ net_drop_ns(net);
return ERR_PTR(rv);
}
return net;
@@ -286,7 +294,7 @@ static void cleanup_net(struct work_struct *work)
/* Finally it is safe to free my network namespace structure */
list_for_each_entry_safe(net, tmp, &net_exit_list, exit_list) {
list_del_init(&net->exit_list);
- net_free(net);
+ net_drop_ns(net);
}
}
static DECLARE_WORK(net_cleanup_work, cleanup_net);