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Reduce time spent while write-lock is held

PATCH In review Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 1 participant 1 message Apr 12, 2007 Networking

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PATCH 18/29 Reduce time spent while write-lock is held

This minimizes the time during which the `write_lock' is held: by using a temporary list_head and re-adjusting the pointers of the old list accordingly. The clean-up operation can then safely be done outside the lock, since the newly created list is then `homeless'.

1. For dccp_tx_hist_purge, this is conveniently done by using list_replace_init,

2. the case for dccp_tx_hist_purge_older is analogous and, in the absence of a

    matching library function, done manually;

3. the `dangerous' function dccp_tx_hist_purge_older has been removed by merging its functionality into dccp_tx_hist_get_send_time.

---
 net/dccp/ccids/lib/packet_history.c |   47 ++++++++++++++++++----------------
 net/dccp/ccids/lib/packet_history.h |    4 ---
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
net/dccp/ccids/lib/packet_history.c +25 -22
index a5dc450..02bf58f 100644
@@ -87,6 +87,16 @@ void dccp_tx_hist_delete(struct dccp_tx_hist *hist)
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dccp_tx_hist_delete);
 
+static void __dccp_tx_hist_wipe(struct list_head *head, struct kmem_cache *slab)
+{
+	struct dccp_tx_hist_entry *entry, *next;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(entry, next, head, dccphtx_node) {
+		list_del(&entry->dccphtx_node);
+		kmem_cache_free(slab, entry);
+	}
+}
+
 /**
  *  dccp_tx_hist_get_send_time  -  Retrieve timestamp of sent packet
  *
@@ -101,6 +111,7 @@ int dccp_tx_hist_get_send_time(struct dccp_tx_hist *hist,
 			       struct timeval *t_send)
 {
 	struct dccp_tx_hist_entry *entry;
+	struct list_head free_this;
 	int found = 0;
 
 	write_lock_bh(&dccp_tx_hist_lock);
@@ -108,12 +119,20 @@ int dccp_tx_hist_get_send_time(struct dccp_tx_hist *hist,
 		if (entry->dccphtx_seqno = seq) {
 			found = 1;
 			*t_send = entry->dccphtx_tstamp;
+			/* forget/free all entries older than this one */
+			free_this.next		= entry->dccphtx_node.next;
+			free_this.next->prev	= &free_this;
+			free_this.prev		= list->prev;
+			free_this.prev->next	= &free_this;
+
+			entry->dccphtx_node.next = list;
+			list->prev		 = &entry->dccphtx_node;
 			break;
 		}
+	write_unlock_bh(&dccp_tx_hist_lock);
 
 	if (found)
-		dccp_tx_hist_purge_older(hist, list, entry);
-	write_unlock_bh(&dccp_tx_hist_lock);
+		__dccp_tx_hist_wipe(&free_this, hist->dccptxh_slab);
 
 	return found;
 }
@@ -132,32 +151,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dccp_tx_hist_add_entry);
 
 void dccp_tx_hist_purge(struct dccp_tx_hist *hist, struct list_head *list)
 {
-	struct dccp_tx_hist_entry *entry, *next;
+	struct list_head free_this;
 
 	write_lock_bh(&dccp_tx_hist_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(entry, next, list, dccphtx_node) {
-		list_del_init(&entry->dccphtx_node);
-		dccp_tx_hist_entry_delete(hist, entry);
-	}
+	list_replace_init(list, &free_this);
 	write_unlock_bh(&dccp_tx_hist_lock);
-}
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dccp_tx_hist_purge);
 
-/* XXX careful, this one is not lock-protected */
-void dccp_tx_hist_purge_older(struct dccp_tx_hist *hist,
-			      struct list_head *list,
-			      struct dccp_tx_hist_entry *packet)
-{
-	struct dccp_tx_hist_entry *next;
-
-	list_for_each_entry_safe_continue(packet, next, list, dccphtx_node) {
-		list_del_init(&packet->dccphtx_node);
-		dccp_tx_hist_entry_delete(hist, packet);
-	}
+	__dccp_tx_hist_wipe(&free_this, hist->dccptxh_slab);
 }
 
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dccp_tx_hist_purge_older);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dccp_tx_hist_purge);
 
 /*
  * 	Receiver History Routines
net/dccp/ccids/lib/packet_history.h +0 -4
index 402ac90..6208188 100644
@@ -95,10 +95,6 @@ static inline void dccp_tx_hist_entry_delete(struct dccp_tx_hist *hist,
 extern void dccp_tx_hist_purge(struct dccp_tx_hist *hist,
 			       struct list_head *list);
 
-extern void dccp_tx_hist_purge_older(struct dccp_tx_hist *hist,
-				     struct list_head *list,
-				     struct dccp_tx_hist_entry *next);
-
 /*
  * 	Receiver History data structures and declarations
  */
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