rcu: Introduce hlist_nulls variant of hlist

hlist uses NULL value to finish a chain.

hlist_nulls variant use the low order bit set to 1 to signal an end-of-list marker.

This allows to store many different end markers, so that some RCU lockless
algos (used in TCP/UDP stack for example) can save some memory barriers in
fast paths.

Two new files are added :

include/linux/list_nulls.h
  - mimics hlist part of include/linux/list.h, derived to hlist_nulls variant

include/linux/rculist_nulls.h
  - mimics hlist part of include/linux/rculist.h, derived to hlist_nulls variant

   Only four helpers are declared for the moment :

     hlist_nulls_del_init_rcu(), hlist_nulls_del_rcu(),
     hlist_nulls_add_head_rcu() and hlist_nulls_for_each_entry_rcu()

prefetches() were removed, since an end of list is not anymore NULL value.
prefetches() could trigger useless (and possibly dangerous) memory transactions.

Example of use (extracted from __udp4_lib_lookup())

	struct sock *sk, *result;
        struct hlist_nulls_node *node;
        unsigned short hnum = ntohs(dport);
        unsigned int hash = udp_hashfn(net, hnum);
        struct udp_hslot *hslot = &udptable->hash[hash];
        int score, badness;

        rcu_read_lock();
begin:
        result = NULL;
        badness = -1;
        sk_nulls_for_each_rcu(sk, node, &hslot->head) {
                score = compute_score(sk, net, saddr, hnum, sport,
                                      daddr, dport, dif);
                if (score > badness) {
                        result = sk;
                        badness = score;
                }
        }
        /*
         * if the nulls value we got at the end of this lookup is
         * not the expected one, we must restart lookup.
         * We probably met an item that was moved to another chain.
         */
        if (get_nulls_value(node) != hash)
                goto begin;

        if (result) {
                if (unlikely(!atomic_inc_not_zero(&result->sk_refcnt)))
                        result = NULL;
                else if (unlikely(compute_score(result, net, saddr, hnum, sport,
                                  daddr, dport, dif) < badness)) {
                        sock_put(result);
                        goto begin;
                }
        }
        rcu_read_unlock();
        return result;

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Eric Dumazet 2008-11-16 19:37:55 -08:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent e8b2dfe9b4
commit bbaffaca48
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#ifndef _LINUX_LIST_NULLS_H
#define _LINUX_LIST_NULLS_H
/*
* Special version of lists, where end of list is not a NULL pointer,
* but a 'nulls' marker, which can have many different values.
* (up to 2^31 different values guaranteed on all platforms)
*
* In the standard hlist, termination of a list is the NULL pointer.
* In this special 'nulls' variant, we use the fact that objects stored in
* a list are aligned on a word (4 or 8 bytes alignment).
* We therefore use the last significant bit of 'ptr' :
* Set to 1 : This is a 'nulls' end-of-list marker (ptr >> 1)
* Set to 0 : This is a pointer to some object (ptr)
*/
struct hlist_nulls_head {
struct hlist_nulls_node *first;
};
struct hlist_nulls_node {
struct hlist_nulls_node *next, **pprev;
};
#define INIT_HLIST_NULLS_HEAD(ptr, nulls) \
((ptr)->first = (struct hlist_nulls_node *) (1UL | (((long)nulls) << 1)))
#define hlist_nulls_entry(ptr, type, member) container_of(ptr,type,member)
/**
* ptr_is_a_nulls - Test if a ptr is a nulls
* @ptr: ptr to be tested
*
*/
static inline int is_a_nulls(const struct hlist_nulls_node *ptr)
{
return ((unsigned long)ptr & 1);
}
/**
* get_nulls_value - Get the 'nulls' value of the end of chain
* @ptr: end of chain
*
* Should be called only if is_a_nulls(ptr);
*/
static inline unsigned long get_nulls_value(const struct hlist_nulls_node *ptr)
{
return ((unsigned long)ptr) >> 1;
}
static inline int hlist_nulls_unhashed(const struct hlist_nulls_node *h)
{
return !h->pprev;
}
static inline int hlist_nulls_empty(const struct hlist_nulls_head *h)
{
return is_a_nulls(h->first);
}
static inline void __hlist_nulls_del(struct hlist_nulls_node *n)
{
struct hlist_nulls_node *next = n->next;
struct hlist_nulls_node **pprev = n->pprev;
*pprev = next;
if (!is_a_nulls(next))
next->pprev = pprev;
}
/**
* hlist_nulls_for_each_entry - iterate over list of given type
* @tpos: the type * to use as a loop cursor.
* @pos: the &struct hlist_node to use as a loop cursor.
* @head: the head for your list.
* @member: the name of the hlist_node within the struct.
*
*/
#define hlist_nulls_for_each_entry(tpos, pos, head, member) \
for (pos = (head)->first; \
(!is_a_nulls(pos)) && \
({ tpos = hlist_nulls_entry(pos, typeof(*tpos), member); 1;}); \
pos = pos->next)
/**
* hlist_nulls_for_each_entry_from - iterate over a hlist continuing from current point
* @tpos: the type * to use as a loop cursor.
* @pos: the &struct hlist_node to use as a loop cursor.
* @member: the name of the hlist_node within the struct.
*
*/
#define hlist_nulls_for_each_entry_from(tpos, pos, member) \
for (; (!is_a_nulls(pos)) && \
({ tpos = hlist_nulls_entry(pos, typeof(*tpos), member); 1;}); \
pos = pos->next)
#endif

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#ifndef _LINUX_RCULIST_NULLS_H
#define _LINUX_RCULIST_NULLS_H
#ifdef __KERNEL__
/*
* RCU-protected list version
*/
#include <linux/list_nulls.h>
#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
/**
* hlist_nulls_del_init_rcu - deletes entry from hash list with re-initialization
* @n: the element to delete from the hash list.
*
* Note: hlist_nulls_unhashed() on the node return true after this. It is
* useful for RCU based read lockfree traversal if the writer side
* must know if the list entry is still hashed or already unhashed.
*
* In particular, it means that we can not poison the forward pointers
* that may still be used for walking the hash list and we can only
* zero the pprev pointer so list_unhashed() will return true after
* this.
*
* The caller must take whatever precautions are necessary (such as
* holding appropriate locks) to avoid racing with another
* list-mutation primitive, such as hlist_nulls_add_head_rcu() or
* hlist_nulls_del_rcu(), running on this same list. However, it is
* perfectly legal to run concurrently with the _rcu list-traversal
* primitives, such as hlist_nulls_for_each_entry_rcu().
*/
static inline void hlist_nulls_del_init_rcu(struct hlist_nulls_node *n)
{
if (!hlist_nulls_unhashed(n)) {
__hlist_nulls_del(n);
n->pprev = NULL;
}
}
/**
* hlist_nulls_del_rcu - deletes entry from hash list without re-initialization
* @n: the element to delete from the hash list.
*
* Note: hlist_nulls_unhashed() on entry does not return true after this,
* the entry is in an undefined state. It is useful for RCU based
* lockfree traversal.
*
* In particular, it means that we can not poison the forward
* pointers that may still be used for walking the hash list.
*
* The caller must take whatever precautions are necessary
* (such as holding appropriate locks) to avoid racing
* with another list-mutation primitive, such as hlist_nulls_add_head_rcu()
* or hlist_nulls_del_rcu(), running on this same list.
* However, it is perfectly legal to run concurrently with
* the _rcu list-traversal primitives, such as
* hlist_nulls_for_each_entry().
*/
static inline void hlist_nulls_del_rcu(struct hlist_nulls_node *n)
{
__hlist_nulls_del(n);
n->pprev = LIST_POISON2;
}
/**
* hlist_nulls_add_head_rcu
* @n: the element to add to the hash list.
* @h: the list to add to.
*
* Description:
* Adds the specified element to the specified hlist_nulls,
* while permitting racing traversals.
*
* The caller must take whatever precautions are necessary
* (such as holding appropriate locks) to avoid racing
* with another list-mutation primitive, such as hlist_nulls_add_head_rcu()
* or hlist_nulls_del_rcu(), running on this same list.
* However, it is perfectly legal to run concurrently with
* the _rcu list-traversal primitives, such as
* hlist_nulls_for_each_entry_rcu(), used to prevent memory-consistency
* problems on Alpha CPUs. Regardless of the type of CPU, the
* list-traversal primitive must be guarded by rcu_read_lock().
*/
static inline void hlist_nulls_add_head_rcu(struct hlist_nulls_node *n,
struct hlist_nulls_head *h)
{
struct hlist_nulls_node *first = h->first;
n->next = first;
n->pprev = &h->first;
rcu_assign_pointer(h->first, n);
if (!is_a_nulls(first))
first->pprev = &n->next;
}
/**
* hlist_nulls_for_each_entry_rcu - iterate over rcu list of given type
* @tpos: the type * to use as a loop cursor.
* @pos: the &struct hlist_nulls_node to use as a loop cursor.
* @head: the head for your list.
* @member: the name of the hlist_nulls_node within the struct.
*
*/
#define hlist_nulls_for_each_entry_rcu(tpos, pos, head, member) \
for (pos = rcu_dereference((head)->first); \
(!is_a_nulls(pos)) && \
({ tpos = hlist_nulls_entry(pos, typeof(*tpos), member); 1; }); \
pos = rcu_dereference(pos->next))
#endif
#endif