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xfrm: avoid spinlock in get_acqseq()

Use atomic_inc_return() in get_acqseq() to avoid taking a spinlock

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 4 additions and 5 deletions
  1. 4 5
      net/key/af_key.c

+ 4 - 5
net/key/af_key.c

@@ -3019,12 +3019,11 @@ static int pfkey_send_policy_notify(struct xfrm_policy *xp, int dir, struct km_e
 static u32 get_acqseq(void)
 {
 	u32 res;
-	static u32 acqseq;
-	static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(acqseq_lock);
+	static atomic_t acqseq;
 
-	spin_lock_bh(&acqseq_lock);
-	res = (++acqseq ? : ++acqseq);
-	spin_unlock_bh(&acqseq_lock);
+	do {
+		res = atomic_inc_return(&acqseq);
+	} while (!res);
 	return res;
 }