net: Introduce net_rwsem to protect net_namespace_list

rtnl_lock() is used everywhere, and contention is very high.
When someone wants to iterate over alive net namespaces,
he/she has no a possibility to do that without exclusive lock.
But the exclusive rtnl_lock() in such places is overkill,
and it just increases the contention. Yes, there is already
for_each_net_rcu() in kernel, but it requires rcu_read_lock(),
and this can't be sleepable. Also, sometimes it may be need
really prevent net_namespace_list growth, so for_each_net_rcu()
is not fit there.

This patch introduces new rw_semaphore, which will be used
instead of rtnl_mutex to protect net_namespace_list. It is
sleepable and allows not-exclusive iterations over net
namespaces list. It allows to stop using rtnl_lock()
in several places (what is made in next patches) and makes
less the time, we keep rtnl_mutex. Here we just add new lock,
while the explanation of we can remove rtnl_lock() there are
in next patches.

Fine grained locks generally are better, then one big lock,
so let's do that with net_namespace_list, while the situation
allows that.

Signed-off-by: Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@virtuozzo.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/wireless/wext-core.c b/net/wireless/wext-core.c
index 9efbfc753347..544d7b62d7ca 100644
--- a/net/wireless/wext-core.c
+++ b/net/wireless/wext-core.c
@@ -349,11 +349,13 @@ void wireless_nlevent_flush(void)
 
 	ASSERT_RTNL();
 
+	down_read(&net_rwsem);
 	for_each_net(net) {
 		while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&net->wext_nlevents)))
 			rtnl_notify(skb, net, 0, RTNLGRP_LINK, NULL,
 				    GFP_KERNEL);
 	}
+	up_read(&net_rwsem);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wireless_nlevent_flush);