diff options
| author | Dipankar Sarma <dipankar@in.ibm.com> | 2005-09-09 13:04:14 -0700 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2005-09-09 13:57:55 -0700 |
| commit | b835996f628eadb55c5fb222ba46fe9395bf73c7 (patch) | |
| tree | d63d80585d197e1ffc299af4a0034049790fb197 /fs/select.c | |
| parent | ab2af1f5005069321c5d130f09cce577b03f43ef (diff) | |
| download | lwn-b835996f628eadb55c5fb222ba46fe9395bf73c7.tar.gz lwn-b835996f628eadb55c5fb222ba46fe9395bf73c7.zip | |
[PATCH] files: lock-free fd look-up
With the use of RCU in files structure, the look-up of files using fds can now
be lock-free. The lookup is protected by rcu_read_lock()/rcu_read_unlock().
This patch changes the readers to use lock-free lookup.
Signed-off-by: Maneesh Soni <maneesh@in.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Ravikiran Thirumalai <kiran_th@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Dipankar Sarma <dipankar@in.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/select.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/select.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/select.c b/fs/select.c index 2e56325c73c4..f10a10317d54 100644 --- a/fs/select.c +++ b/fs/select.c @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ #include <linux/personality.h> /* for STICKY_TIMEOUTS */ #include <linux/file.h> #include <linux/fs.h> +#include <linux/rcupdate.h> #include <asm/uaccess.h> @@ -185,9 +186,9 @@ int do_select(int n, fd_set_bits *fds, long *timeout) int retval, i; long __timeout = *timeout; - spin_lock(¤t->files->file_lock); + rcu_read_lock(); retval = max_select_fd(n, fds); - spin_unlock(¤t->files->file_lock); + rcu_read_unlock(); if (retval < 0) return retval; @@ -329,8 +330,10 @@ sys_select(int n, fd_set __user *inp, fd_set __user *outp, fd_set __user *exp, s goto out_nofds; /* max_fdset can increase, so grab it once to avoid race */ + rcu_read_lock(); fdt = files_fdtable(current->files); max_fdset = fdt->max_fdset; + rcu_read_unlock(); if (n > max_fdset) n = max_fdset; @@ -469,10 +472,14 @@ asmlinkage long sys_poll(struct pollfd __user * ufds, unsigned int nfds, long ti struct poll_list *head; struct poll_list *walk; struct fdtable *fdt; + int max_fdset; /* Do a sanity check on nfds ... */ + rcu_read_lock(); fdt = files_fdtable(current->files); - if (nfds > fdt->max_fdset && nfds > OPEN_MAX) + max_fdset = fdt->max_fdset; + rcu_read_unlock(); + if (nfds > max_fdset && nfds > OPEN_MAX) return -EINVAL; if (timeout) { |