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mlxsw: spectrum_router: Implement FIB offload in deferred work
authorIdo Schimmel <idosch@mellanox.com>
Sat, 3 Dec 2016 15:45:01 +0000 (16:45 +0100)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Sun, 4 Dec 2016 00:29:35 +0000 (19:29 -0500)
commit3057224e014c14921de5ab534d5147eb109fd12b
treefe8bfff09e3c4c6850fd7fb5b40222070fc88f6b
parenta3832b31898f6936816257c020b1d4f1a07622f7
mlxsw: spectrum_router: Implement FIB offload in deferred work

FIB offload is currently done in process context with RTNL held, but
we're about to dump the FIB tables in RCU critical section, so we can no
longer sleep.

Instead, defer the operation to process context using deferred work. Make
sure fib info isn't freed while the work is queued by taking a reference
on it and releasing it after the operation is done.

Deferring the operation is valid because the upper layers always assume
the operation was successful. If it's not, then the driver-specific
abort mechanism is called and all routed traffic is directed to slow
path.

The work items are submitted to an ordered workqueue to prevent a
mismatch between the kernel's FIB table and the device's.

Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c