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pppoe: RCU locking in get_item_by_addr()

Use dev_get_by_name_rcu() instead of dev_get_by_name(),
to avoid touching device refcount in hotpath.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Eric Dumazet 15 years ago
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1 changed files with 9 additions and 10 deletions
  1. 9 10
      drivers/net/pppoe.c

+ 9 - 10
drivers/net/pppoe.c

@@ -250,20 +250,19 @@ static inline struct pppox_sock *get_item_by_addr(struct net *net,
 {
 	struct net_device *dev;
 	struct pppoe_net *pn;
-	struct pppox_sock *pppox_sock;
+	struct pppox_sock *pppox_sock = NULL;
 
 	int ifindex;
 
-	dev = dev_get_by_name(net, sp->sa_addr.pppoe.dev);
-	if (!dev)
-		return NULL;
-
-	ifindex = dev->ifindex;
-	pn = net_generic(net, pppoe_net_id);
-	pppox_sock = get_item(pn, sp->sa_addr.pppoe.sid,
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	dev = dev_get_by_name_rcu(net, sp->sa_addr.pppoe.dev);
+	if (dev) {
+		ifindex = dev->ifindex;
+		pn = net_generic(net, pppoe_net_id);
+		pppox_sock = get_item(pn, sp->sa_addr.pppoe.sid,
 				sp->sa_addr.pppoe.remote, ifindex);
-	dev_put(dev);
-
+	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 	return pppox_sock;
 }