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    rxrpc: Maintain an extra ref on a conn for the cache list · 001c1122
    David Howells authored
    
    
    Overhaul the usage count accounting for the rxrpc_connection struct to make
    it easier to implement RCU access from the data_ready handler.
    
    The problem is that currently we're using a lock to prevent the garbage
    collector from trying to clean up a connection that we're contemplating
    unidling.  We could just stick incoming packets on the connection we find,
    but we've then got a problem that we may race when dispatching a work item
    to process it as we need to give that a ref to prevent the rxrpc_connection
    struct from disappearing in the meantime.
    
    Further, incoming packets may get discarded if attached to an
    rxrpc_connection struct that is going away.  Whilst this is not a total
    disaster - the client will presumably resend - it would delay processing of
    the call.  This would affect the AFS client filesystem's service manager
    operation.
    
    To this end:
    
     (1) We now maintain an extra count on the connection usage count whilst it
         is on the connection list.  This mean it is not in use when its
         refcount is 1.
    
     (2) When trying to reuse an old connection, we only increment the refcount
         if it is greater than 0.  If it is 0, we replace it in the tree with a
         new candidate connection.
    
     (3) Two connection flags are added to indicate whether or not a connection
         is in the local's client connection tree (used by sendmsg) or the
         peer's service connection tree (used by data_ready).  This makes sure
         that we don't try and remove a connection if it got replaced.
    
         The flags are tested under lock with the removal operation to prevent
         the reaper from killing the rxrpc_connection struct whilst someone
         else is trying to effect a replacement.
    
         This could probably be alleviated by using memory barriers between the
         flag set/test and the rb_tree ops.  The rb_tree op would still need to
         be under the lock, however.
    
     (4) When trying to reap an old connection, we try to flip the usage count
         from 1 to 0.  If it's not 1 at that point, then it must've come back
         to life temporarily and we ignore it.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
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