From a460aa83963b185a32a6377eb486b6e613ac8e38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ido Schimmel Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2017 13:28:25 +0200 Subject: ipv6: fib: Add helpers to hold / drop a reference on rt6_info Similar to commit 1c677b3d2828 ("ipv4: fib: Add fib_info_hold() helper") and commit b423cb10807b ("ipv4: fib: Export free_fib_info()") add an helper to hold a reference on rt6_info and export rt6_release() to drop it and potentially release the route. This is needed so that drivers capable of FIB offload could hold a reference on the route before queueing it for offload and drop it after the route has been programmed to the device's tables. Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c | 12 ++---------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) (limited to 'net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c') diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c index fe193b48ef61..69ed0043d117 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c +++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c @@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ static void node_free(struct fib6_node *fn) kmem_cache_free(fib6_node_kmem, fn); } -static void rt6_free_pcpu(struct rt6_info *non_pcpu_rt) +void rt6_free_pcpu(struct rt6_info *non_pcpu_rt) { int cpu; @@ -177,15 +177,7 @@ static void rt6_free_pcpu(struct rt6_info *non_pcpu_rt) free_percpu(non_pcpu_rt->rt6i_pcpu); non_pcpu_rt->rt6i_pcpu = NULL; } - -static void rt6_release(struct rt6_info *rt) -{ - if (atomic_dec_and_test(&rt->rt6i_ref)) { - rt6_free_pcpu(rt); - dst_dev_put(&rt->dst); - dst_release(&rt->dst); - } -} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rt6_free_pcpu); static void fib6_link_table(struct net *net, struct fib6_table *tb) { -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b