linux/net/tipc/msg.h, branch v4.0

tipc: eliminate race condition at multicast reception

2015-02-06T00:00:03Z

In a previous commit in this series we resolved a race problem during unicast message reception. Here, we resolve the same problem at multicast reception. We apply the same technique: an input queue serializing the delivery of arriving buffers. The main difference is that here we do it in two steps. First, the broadcast link feeds arriving buffers into the tail of an arrival queue, which head is consumed at the socket level, and where destination lookup is performed. Second, if the lookup is successful, the resulting buffer clones are fed into a second queue, the input queue. This queue is consumed at reception in the socket just like in the unicast case. Both queues are protected by the same lock, -the one of the input queue. Reviewed-by: Ying Xue Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: resolve race problem at unicast message reception

2015-02-06T00:00:02Z

TIPC handles message cardinality and sequencing at the link layer, before passing messages upwards to the destination sockets. During the upcall from link to socket no locks are held. It is therefore possible, and we see it happen occasionally, that messages arriving in different threads and delivered in sequence still bypass each other before they reach the destination socket. This must not happen, since it violates the sequentiality guarantee. We solve this by adding a new input buffer queue to the link structure. Arriving messages are added safely to the tail of that queue by the link, while the head of the queue is consumed, also safely, by the receiving socket. Sequentiality is secured per socket by only allowing buffers to be dequeued inside the socket lock. Since there may be multiple simultaneous readers of the queue, we use a 'filter' parameter to reduce the risk that they peek the same buffer from the queue, hence also reducing the risk of contention on the receiving socket locks. This solves the sequentiality problem, and seems to cause no measurable performance degradation. A nice side effect of this change is that lock handling in the functions tipc_rcv() and tipc_bcast_rcv() now becomes uniform, something that will enable future simplifications of those functions. Reviewed-by: Ying Xue Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: split up function tipc_msg_eval()

2015-02-06T00:00:02Z

The function tipc_msg_eval() is in reality doing two related, but different tasks. First it tries to find a new destination for named messages, in case there was no first lookup, or if the first lookup failed. Second, it does what its name suggests, evaluating the validity of the message and its destination, and returning an appropriate error code depending on the result. This is confusing, and in this commit we choose to break it up into two functions. A new function, tipc_msg_lookup_dest(), first attempts to find a new destination, if the message is of the right type. If this lookup fails, or if the message should not be subject to a second lookup, the already existing tipc_msg_reverse() is called. This function performs prepares the message for rejection, if applicable. Reviewed-by: Ying Xue Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: reduce usage of context info in socket and link

2015-02-06T00:00:01Z

The most common usage of namespace information is when we fetch the own node addess from the net structure. This leads to a lot of passing around of a parameter of type 'struct net *' between functions just to make them able to obtain this address. However, in many cases this is unnecessary. The own node address is readily available as a member of both struct tipc_sock and tipc_link, and can be fetched from there instead. The fact that the vast majority of functions in socket.c and link.c anyway are maintaining a pointer to their respective base structures makes this option even more compelling. In this commit, we introduce the inline functions tsk_own_node() and link_own_node() to make it easy for functions to fetch the node address from those structs instead of having to pass along and dereference the namespace struct. In particular, we make calls to the msg_xx() functions in msg.{h,c} context independent by directly passing them the own node address as parameter when needed. Those functions should be regarded as leaves in the code dependency tree, and it is hence desirable to keep them namspace unaware. Apart from a potential positive effect on cache behavior, these changes make it easier to introduce the changes that will follow later in this series. Reviewed-by: Ying Xue Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: make tipc node address support net namespace

2015-01-12T21:24:33Z

If net namespace is supported in tipc, each namespace will be treated as a separate tipc node. Therefore, every namespace must own its private tipc node address. This means the "tipc_own_addr" global variable of node address must be moved to tipc_net structure to satisfy the requirement. It's turned out that users also can assign node address for every namespace. Signed-off-by: Ying Xue Tested-by: Tero Aho Reviewed-by: Jon Maloy Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: name tipc name table support net namespace

2015-01-12T21:24:33Z

TIPC name table is used to store the mapping relationship between TIPC service name and socket port ID. When tipc supports namespace, it allows users to publish service names only owned by a certain namespace. Therefore, every namespace must have its private name table to prevent service names published to one namespace from being contaminated by other service names in another namespace. Therefore, The name table global variable (ie, nametbl) and its lock must be moved to tipc_net structure, and a parameter of namespace must be added for necessary functions so that they can obtain name table variable defined in tipc_net structure. Signed-off-by: Ying Xue Tested-by: Tero Aho Reviewed-by: Jon Maloy Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: make tipc broadcast link support net namespace

2015-01-12T21:24:33Z

TIPC broadcast link is statically established and its relevant states are maintained with the global variables: "bcbearer", "bclink" and "bcl". Allowing different namespace to own different broadcast link instances, these variables must be moved to tipc_net structure and broadcast link instances would be allocated and initialized when namespace is created. Signed-off-by: Ying Xue Tested-by: Tero Aho Reviewed-by: Jon Maloy Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: cleanup core.c and core.h files

2015-01-12T21:24:31Z

Only the works of initializing and shutting down tipc module are done in core.h and core.c files, so all stuffs which are not closely associated with the two tasks should be moved to appropriate places. Signed-off-by: Ying Xue Tested-by: Tero Aho Reviewed-by: Jon Maloy Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: remove unnecessary wrapper functions of kernel timer APIs

2015-01-12T21:24:31Z

Not only some wrapper function like k_term_timer() is empty, but also some others including k_start_timer() and k_cancel_timer() don't return back any value to its caller, what's more, there is no any component in the kernel world to do such thing. Therefore, these timer interfaces defined in tipc module should be purged. Signed-off-by: Ying Xue Tested-by: Tero Aho Reviewed-by: Jon Maloy Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: use generic SKB list APIs to manage TIPC outgoing packet chains

2014-11-26T17:30:17Z

Use standard SKB list APIs associated with struct sk_buff_head to manage socket outgoing packet chain and name table outgoing packet chain, having relevant code simpler and more readable. Signed-off-by: Ying Xue Reviewed-by: Jon Maloy Signed-off-by: David S. Miller