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, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 2d3949789cef..e86b28482ca7 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -418,9 +418,11 @@ void __rtnl_link_unregister(struct rtnl_link_ops *ops)
 {
 	struct net *net;
 
+	down_read(&net_rwsem);
 	for_each_net(net) {
 		__rtnl_kill_links(net, ops);
 	}
+	up_read(&net_rwsem);
 	list_del(&ops->list);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__rtnl_link_unregister);
@@ -438,6 +440,9 @@ static void rtnl_lock_unregistering_all(void)
 	for (;;) {
 		unregistering = false;
 		rtnl_lock();
+		/* We held write locked pernet_ops_rwsem, and parallel
+		 * setup_net() and cleanup_net() are not possible.
+		 */
 		for_each_net(net) {
 			if (net->dev_unreg_count > 0) {
 				unregistering = true;