[ovs-dev] [PATCH 2/2] datapath: Remove RT kernel support.
Pravin Shelar
pshelar at nicira.com
Fri Oct 7 17:45:01 UTC 2011
On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 6:30 PM, Jesse Gross <jesse at nicira.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 3:13 PM, Pravin B Shelar <pshelar at nicira.com> wrote:
>> Following patch removes RT kernel support. This allows us to cleanup
>> the loop detection.
>> Along with this BH is now disabled while running execute_actions()
>> for packet from user-space.
>> As a result we can simplify the stats code as entire send and receive
>> path runs in BH context on all supported platforms.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar at nicira.com>
>> Bug #7621
>> ---
>> datapath/Modules.mk | 2 -
>> datapath/actions.c | 27 +++++++-
>> datapath/datapath.c | 20 ++----
>> datapath/flow.c | 4 +-
>> datapath/linux/compat/include/linux/bottom_half.h | 19 ------
>> datapath/loop_counter.c | 72 ---------------------
>> datapath/loop_counter.h | 28 --------
>> datapath/tunnel.c | 8 +-
>> datapath/vport-internal_dev.c | 5 +-
>> datapath/vport.c | 10 +--
>> 10 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 154 deletions(-)
>> delete mode 100644 datapath/linux/compat/include/linux/bottom_half.h
>> delete mode 100644 datapath/loop_counter.c
>> delete mode 100644 datapath/loop_counter.h
>
> You need to remove bottom_half.h from linux/Modules.mk as well or make
> dist fails.
>
>> diff --git a/datapath/actions.c b/datapath/actions.c
>> index 36437a4..a868164 100644
>> --- a/datapath/actions.c
>> +++ b/datapath/actions.c
>> @@ -388,7 +409,7 @@ int execute_actions(struct datapath *dp, struct sk_buff *skb)
>> int error;
>>
>> /* Check whether we've looped too much. */
>> - loop = loop_get_counter();
>> + loop = &get_cpu_var(loop_counters);
>
> Since bottom halves are disabled here, the CPU can't change out from
> under us and we can use __get_cpu_var and drop put_cpu_var.
>
> Otherwise looks good:
> Acked-by: Jesse Gross <jesse at nicira.com>
>
Thanks,
Pushed to master.
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