WARNING - OLD ARCHIVES

This is an archived copy of the Xen.org mailing list, which we have preserved to ensure that existing links to archives are not broken. The live archive, which contains the latest emails, can be found at http://lists.xen.org/
   
 
 
Xen 
 
Home Products Support Community News
 
   
 

xen-devel

[Xen-devel] [PATCH 5/6] Network acceleration improvements

To: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 5/6] Network acceleration improvements
From: Kieran Mansley <kmansley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:18:36 +0100
Delivery-date: Wed, 03 Oct 2007 06:22:34 -0700
Envelope-to: www-data@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
List-help: <mailto:xen-devel-request@lists.xensource.com?subject=help>
List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xensource.com>
List-post: <mailto:xen-devel@lists.xensource.com>
List-subscribe: <http://lists.xensource.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xen-devel>, <mailto:xen-devel-request@lists.xensource.com?subject=subscribe>
List-unsubscribe: <http://lists.xensource.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xen-devel>, <mailto:xen-devel-request@lists.xensource.com?subject=unsubscribe>
Sender: xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Kieran Mansley <kmansley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 

Use module use count on accel plugin to prevent premature unload

diff -r 3e8b5cb457d9 drivers/xen/netback/accel.c
--- a/drivers/xen/netback/accel.c       Wed Oct 03 13:38:09 2007 +0100
+++ b/drivers/xen/netback/accel.c       Wed Oct 03 13:41:15 2007 +0100
@@ -187,8 +187,8 @@ static int netback_accelerator_cleanup_b
  *
  * This should only be allowed when there are no remaining users -
  * i.e. it is not necessary to go through and clear all the hooks, as
- * they should have already been removed.  This is enforced through a
- * usage count and BUG_ON(use!=0), but should be made more user-friendly
+ * they should have already been removed.  This is enforced by taking
+ * a module reference to the plugin while the interfaces are in use
  */
 void netback_disconnect_accelerator(int id, const char *eth_name)
 {
@@ -227,7 +227,8 @@ void netback_probe_accelerators(struct b
         */
        spin_lock_irqsave(&accelerators_lock, flags);
        list_for_each_entry(accelerator, &accelerators_list, link) { 
-               if (match_accelerator(dev, be, accelerator)) {
+               if (match_accelerator(dev, be, accelerator) &&
+                   try_module_get(accelerator->hooks->owner)) {
                        be->accelerator = accelerator;
                        atomic_inc(&be->accelerator->use_count);
                        be->accelerator->hooks->probe(dev);
@@ -242,9 +243,10 @@ void netback_remove_accelerators(struct 
                                 struct xenbus_device *dev)
 {
        /* Notify the accelerator (if any) of this device's removal */
-       if ( be->accelerator ) {
+       if (be->accelerator) {
                be->accelerator->hooks->remove(dev);
                atomic_dec(&be->accelerator->use_count);
+               module_put(be->accelerator->hooks->owner);
        }
        be->accelerator = NULL;
 }
diff -r 3e8b5cb457d9 drivers/xen/netback/common.h
--- a/drivers/xen/netback/common.h      Wed Oct 03 13:38:09 2007 +0100
+++ b/drivers/xen/netback/common.h      Wed Oct 03 13:38:46 2007 +0100
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ extern int netbk_copy_skb_mode;
 
 /* Function pointers into netback accelerator plugin modules */
 struct netback_accel_hooks {
+       struct module *owner;
        int  (*probe)(struct xenbus_device *dev);
        int (*remove)(struct xenbus_device *dev);
 };

Attachment: netback_module_use_count
Description: Text document

_______________________________________________
Xen-devel mailing list
Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
  • [Xen-devel] [PATCH 5/6] Network acceleration improvements, Kieran Mansley <=