From d486dd1fb8573fad5b8dab61a7d1406116fd4baf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Patrick McHardy Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:09:55 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] [NETFILTER]: Switch nf_register_afinfo/nf_unregister_afinfo to mutex The spinlock is only used in process context (register/unregister), switch to a mutex. Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/netfilter/core.c | 15 ++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/netfilter/core.c b/net/netfilter/core.c index a66bd6af44..716603f05c 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/core.c +++ b/net/netfilter/core.c @@ -22,29 +22,34 @@ #include #include #include +#include #include #include "nf_internals.h" -static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(afinfo_lock); +static DEFINE_MUTEX(afinfo_mutex); struct nf_afinfo *nf_afinfo[NPROTO] __read_mostly; EXPORT_SYMBOL(nf_afinfo); int nf_register_afinfo(struct nf_afinfo *afinfo) { - spin_lock(&afinfo_lock); + int err; + + err = mutex_lock_interruptible(&afinfo_mutex); + if (err < 0) + return err; rcu_assign_pointer(nf_afinfo[afinfo->family], afinfo); - spin_unlock(&afinfo_lock); + mutex_unlock(&afinfo_mutex); return 0; } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_register_afinfo); void nf_unregister_afinfo(struct nf_afinfo *afinfo) { - spin_lock(&afinfo_lock); + mutex_lock(&afinfo_mutex); rcu_assign_pointer(nf_afinfo[afinfo->family], NULL); - spin_unlock(&afinfo_lock); + mutex_unlock(&afinfo_mutex); synchronize_rcu(); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_unregister_afinfo); -- 2.39.5