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tipc: remove bearer_lock from tipc_bearer struct

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After the earlier commits ("tipc: remove 'links' list from
tipc_bearer struct") and ("tipc: introduce new spinlock to protect
struct link_req"), there is no longer any need to protect struct
link_req or or any link list by use of bearer_lock. Furthermore,
we have eliminated the need for using bearer_lock during downcalls
(send) from the link to the bearer, since we have ensured that
bearers always have a longer life cycle that their associated links,
and always contain valid data.

So, the only need now for a lock protecting bearers is for guaranteeing
consistency of the bearer list itself. For this, it is sufficient, at
least for the time being, to continue applying 'net_lock´ in write mode.

By removing bearer_lock we also pre-empt introduction of issue b) descibed
in the previous commit "tipc: remove 'links' list from tipc_bearer struct":

"b) When the outer protection from net_lock is gone, taking
    bearer_lock and node_lock in opposite order of method 1) and 2)
    will become an obvious deadlock hazard".

Therefore, we now eliminate the bearer_lock spinlock.

Signed-off-by: Ying Xue <ying.xue@windriver.com>
Reviewed-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@ericsson.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Ying Xue
2014-02-13 17:29:17 -05:00
committed by David S. Miller
parent 7d33939f47
commit a83045292d
3 changed files with 4 additions and 18 deletions
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@@ -327,7 +327,6 @@ restart:
b_ptr->net_plane = bearer_id + 'A';
b_ptr->active = 1;
b_ptr->priority = priority;
spin_lock_init(&b_ptr->lock);
res = tipc_disc_create(b_ptr, &b_ptr->bcast_addr, disc_domain);
if (res) {
@@ -351,9 +350,7 @@ static int tipc_reset_bearer(struct tipc_bearer *b_ptr)
{
read_lock_bh(&tipc_net_lock);
pr_info("Resetting bearer <%s>\n", b_ptr->name);
spin_lock_bh(&b_ptr->lock);
tipc_link_reset_list(b_ptr->identity);
spin_unlock_bh(&b_ptr->lock);
read_unlock_bh(&tipc_net_lock);
return 0;
}
@@ -365,19 +362,12 @@ static int tipc_reset_bearer(struct tipc_bearer *b_ptr)
*/
static void bearer_disable(struct tipc_bearer *b_ptr, bool shutting_down)
{
struct tipc_link_req *temp_req;
pr_info("Disabling bearer <%s>\n", b_ptr->name);
spin_lock_bh(&b_ptr->lock);
b_ptr->media->disable_media(b_ptr);
tipc_link_delete_list(b_ptr->identity, shutting_down);
temp_req = b_ptr->link_req;
b_ptr->link_req = NULL;
spin_unlock_bh(&b_ptr->lock);
if (temp_req)
tipc_disc_delete(temp_req);
if (b_ptr->link_req)
tipc_disc_delete(b_ptr->link_req);
memset(b_ptr, 0, sizeof(struct tipc_bearer));
}