From: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:37:36 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: [NETFILTER]: nf_conntrack_core: avoid taking nf_conntrack_lock in nf_conntrack_alter_... 
X-Git-Tag: v2.6.25-rc1~1089^2~67
X-Git-Url: https://openfabrics.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c52fbb410b2662a7bbc5cbe5969d73c733151498;p=~emulex%2Finfiniband.git

[NETFILTER]: nf_conntrack_core: avoid taking nf_conntrack_lock in nf_conntrack_alter_reply

The conntrack is unconfirmed, so we have an exclusive reference, which
means that the write_lock is definitely unneeded. A read_lock used to
be needed for the helper lookup, but since we're using RCU for helpers
now rcu_read_lock is enough.

Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
---

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
index aa042c48968..10256079e63 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
@@ -729,7 +729,6 @@ void nf_conntrack_alter_reply(struct nf_conn *ct,
 	struct nf_conn_help *help = nfct_help(ct);
 	struct nf_conntrack_helper *helper;
 
-	write_lock_bh(&nf_conntrack_lock);
 	/* Should be unconfirmed, so not in hash table yet */
 	NF_CT_ASSERT(!nf_ct_is_confirmed(ct));
 
@@ -738,8 +737,9 @@ void nf_conntrack_alter_reply(struct nf_conn *ct,
 
 	ct->tuplehash[IP_CT_DIR_REPLY].tuple = *newreply;
 	if (ct->master || (help && help->expecting != 0))
-		goto out;
+		return;
 
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	helper = __nf_ct_helper_find(newreply);
 	if (helper == NULL) {
 		if (help)
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ void nf_conntrack_alter_reply(struct nf_conn *ct,
 
 	rcu_assign_pointer(help->helper, helper);
 out:
-	write_unlock_bh(&nf_conntrack_lock);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_conntrack_alter_reply);